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posthypnotic suggestion

/ ˌəʊٳɪˈɒɪ /

noun

  1. a suggestion made to the subject while in a hypnotic trance, to be acted upon at some time after emerging from the trance
“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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Using posthypnotic suggestion, they get him to behave like their comic-book superhero, making the principal switch between Krupp and Captain Underpants with a dash of water in his face.

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Raz then ended the hypnosis session, leaving each person with what is called a posthypnotic suggestion—an instruction to carry out an action while not hypnotized.

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No. Told them those were Dr. Al's posthypnotic suggestions.

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A special code phrase in the message had released "Stanley Martin" from the posthypnotic suggestion that had held him for so long.

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Many times the subject falls asleep while giving himself posthypnotic suggestions.

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