automatist
/ɔˈtɑmətɪst/
noun
- A person who creates art or writing using automatic techniques, especially in surrealism, where the creator suppresses conscious control to allow the subconscious to guide the work.
- The surrealist automatist let his hand move freely across the canvas without planning the shapes.
- The museum exhibit featured works by several famous automatists from the 1920s.
- As an automatist, she wrote poems by writing down whatever words came to mind without editing.
- A person who believes that human actions are determined by automatic or mechanical processes rather than free will.
- In the debate, he took the position of an automatist, denying that people have real choices.
- The philosopher argued like an automatist, claiming that every decision is just a reflex.
- Some scientists are automatists who view the brain as a complex machine.