AUTOMATICITY Definition & Meaning

automaticity

[ aw-tuh-muh-tis-i-tee ]

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noun

the quality or fact of being performed involuntarily or unconsciously, as a reflex, innate process, or ingrained habit:
This online math program helps students achieve automaticity in the basic facts of addition and subtraction.
the fact or quality of starting or operating independently:
In this historical drama, everything happens with the automaticity of clockwork, as if the ending has already been written.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of automaticity¹

automatic ( def ) + -ity ( def )

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“It’s not developing students’ automaticity and fluency with recognizing and decoding words, which is really a huge hindrance in the ultimate goal of reading, which is reading comprehension.”

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Mr Johnson also warned Moscow there would be an "automaticity" about any economic sanctions that would be levelled against Russia if it invaded Ukraine.

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“What’s worrying me is the automaticity of the actions — of more nuclear weapons and more missile defenses without thinking if there’s a smarter way.”

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But there are situations where we should let automaticity take over.

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McLaughlin explains that the infinite scroll design also exploits the psychological phenomenon known as automaticity.

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