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

/ ˌɔːtəʊsəˈdʒɛstʃən /

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

Other Word Forms

• autosuggestive adjective
• autosuggestible adjective
• autosuggestibility noun
• autosuggestionist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of autosuggestion¹

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

Example Sentences

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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Related Words

• indication 
• notion 
• suspicion 
• thought