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Recent Examples of automatism
Amid the incredible automatism of the stage production (and life in general), Left Shark’s choreography mistakes spawned a wave of internet memes that made Katy Perry unhappy — until her lawyers saw the value and attempted to trademark Left Shark’s design.
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Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Breton aimed to access the unconscious through dream and automatism, a surrealist technique of creating art without conscious control, allowing spontaneous expression from the subconscious mind, free from rational thought or aesthetic rules.
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Sally Jane Brown,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
At the club, time allows automatisms and structure to become habit.
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Philipp Lahm,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
French critic Laurent Jenny, in a piece translated by Thomas Trezise, contrasts Breton and Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, who, beginning in 1930, challenged some of the ideas of automatism.
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Allison C. Meier,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2024
Psychic automatism is a dubious technique but a splendid alibi, enabling many of the artists in the exhibition to get away with imagery that, if not outright cliché, looks a lot like it.
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Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Breton aimed to access the unconscious through dream and automatism, a surrealist technique of creating art without conscious control, allowing spontaneous expression from the subconscious mind, free from rational thought or aesthetic rules.
—
Sally Jane Brown,
The Conversation,
29 Sep. 2025
At the club, time allows automatisms and structure to become habit.
—
Philipp Lahm,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
French critic Laurent Jenny, in a piece translated by Thomas Trezise, contrasts Breton and Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, who, beginning in 1930, challenged some of the ideas of automatism.
—
Allison C. Meier,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Sep. 2024
Psychic automatism is a dubious technique but a splendid alibi, enabling many of the artists in the exhibition to get away with imagery that, if not outright cliché, looks a lot like it.
—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automatism
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Where did the hypnosis fail to work?
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In December 2024, the National Security Archive and ProQuest declassified about 1,200 documents pertaining to the program, detailing the CIA's experiments with drugs, hypnosis and other mind control techniques during the era.
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This hypnotism is especially conveyed through the film’s costumes.
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Other topics of his lectures over the years that followed included animal magnetism, hypnotism, and the ether.
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Barrymore’s turn in the lead role is itself a feat of silver-screen mesmerism, portraying Svengali as a cruel yet magnetic figure who wields his own charisma as an instrument of terrible power.
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Richter then turned to the master of musical mesmerism for the movie’s soundtrack, to be performed live by a 14-player chamber ensemble of strings, winds and pairs of vibraphones and pianos.
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“Automatism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automatism. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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