autopilot, n.
(autopilots)
(autopilots)
a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady course
<noun.artifact>
automatic pilot autopilot robot pilot
<noun.artifact>
automatic pilot autopilot robot pilot
a cognitive state in which you act without self-awareness
<noun.cognition>
automatic pilot autopilot
<noun.cognition>
automatic pilot autopilot
sample sentences
"she went about her chores on automatic pilot""too much of the writing seems to have been done on automatic pilot"
"she talked and he dozed and my mind went on autopilot"
semantic pointers
hypernym