automaticity
UK/ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/
automaticity noun: the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
Noun
automaticity (countable and uncountable, plural automaticities)
- The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
- The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
- The process of one thing automatically following another.
- No, donations and loans absolutely are not a means, with any automaticity, of getting a peerage, but they are not a bar to getting a peerage, and to some extent that is what we exist for.2006, Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, Select Committee on Public Administration Minutes of Evidence
- The Committee's proposal for automatic registration would represent a significant shift away from the present system of elector-led application and voluntary registration, to a system of automaticity with an opt out.2011, Government response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s Report on the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill
Forms of automaticity
| plural | automaticities |
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Origin of automaticity
From automatic + -ity.
Questions about automaticity
- What does automaticity mean?
- Automaticity means the ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
- What part of speech is automaticity?
- Automaticity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce automaticity?
- Automaticity is pronounced /ˌɔːtəʊməˈtɪsɪti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of automaticity?
- The plural of automaticity is automaticities.
Words near automaticity in the dictionary
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