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automatic speech
automatic speech In this historical source, automatic speech means spontaneous, self-directed talking that runs on by itself, like soliloquising or prattling.
In this historical source, automatic speech means spontaneous, self-directed talking that runs on by itself, like soliloquising or prattling. It is described as speech produced with little active attention to the outside world, as in simple mania.