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autosuggestion

[ aw-toh-suhg-jes-chuhn, -suh- ]

noun

Psychology.
  1. suggestion arising from oneself, as the repetition of verbal messages as a means of changing behavior.


autosuggestion

/ ˌɔːəʊəˈɛʃə /

noun

  1. a process of suggestion in which the person unconsciously supplies or consciously attempts to supply the means of influencing his own behaviour or beliefs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܳٴDzܲˈپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • t·ܲ·i· adjective
  • t·ܲ·i·i·ٲ noun
  • t·ܲ·tDz· noun
  • t·ܲ·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of autosuggestion1

First recorded in 1885–90; auto- 1 + suggestion
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Example Sentences

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Some of this, of course, may be a matter of autosuggestion.

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They added more and more to his concern about his stomach, and furnished him with numerous sources of autosuggestion.

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The most wonderful thing in the world is autosuggestion.

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It may have been autosuggestion, induced by the child's great need of him, but whatever it was was vaguely soothing.

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"Meanwhile," he added, "the limits of the power of autosuggestion are not yet known; final recovery is possible."

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