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automatic writings

automatic writings is the plural of automatic writing.

Meaning of automatic writing

Noun

automatic writing (countable and uncountable, plural automatic writings)

  1. A form of writing claimed not to come from the conscious thoughts of the writer, sometimes performed in a trance.
    • According to his automatic writings, Satan, a great god, created the human body and asked "Arbal-Jesus," his name for Adam, to project his being into it for a few moments.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 30
    Synonyms:
    psychography

Questions about automatic writings

What is automatic writings the plural of?
Automatic writings is the plural of automatic writing.

Words near automatic writings in the dictionary

  1. automatic tellers
  2. automatic train control
  3. automatic transmission
  4. automatic transmissions
  5. automatic writing
  6. automatic writings
  7. automatical
  8. automatically
  9. automaticism
  10. automaticisms
  11. automaticities

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