transcription, транскрипция: [ spän-ˈtā-nē-əs ]
adjective
Etymology: Late Latin spontaneus, from Latin sponte of one's free will, voluntarily
Date: 1653
1. : proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint
2. : arising from a momentary impulse
3. : controlled and directed internally : self-acting
spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
4. : produced without being planted or without human labor : indigenous
5. : developing or occurring without apparent external influence, force, cause, or treatment
6. : not apparently contrived or manipulated : natural
• spon·ta·ne·ous·ly adverb
• spon·ta·ne·ous·ness noun
Synonyms:
spontaneous , impulsive , instinctive , automatic , mechanical mean acting or activated without deliberation. spontaneous implies lack of prompting and connotes naturalness
a spontaneous burst of applause
impulsive implies acting under stress of emotion or spirit of the moment
impulsive acts of violence
instinctive stresses action involving neither judgment nor will
blinking is an instinctive reaction
automatic implies action engaging neither the mind nor the emotions and connotes a predictable response
his denial was automatic
mechanical stresses the lifeless, often perfunctory character of the response
a mechanical teaching method