To make something automatic or to cause something to happen without conscious thought through repetition or technological means.
From 'automat' (self-moving) + '-ize' (verb-forming suffix from Greek meaning 'to make or become'). First appeared in English in the late 1800s as psychology and industrial technology expanded the vocabulary of automatic processes.
When you learn to play piano, your brain physically rewires itself through 'automatization'—neural pathways strengthen so much that your fingers know where to go without your conscious mind directing each one, freeing you to focus on expression and emotion.
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