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posthypnotic suggestion

British  
/ ˌpəʊsthɪpˈnɒtɪk /

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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The unconscious mind is a wonderfully accurate timekeeper, as posthypnotic suggestion demonstrates.

From Time Magazine Archive

He trained patients to anesthetize themselves by autohypnosis; they jabbed needles into their arms without feeling it and, by means of posthypnotic suggestion, remained indifferent to the pain even after they "awoke."

From Time Magazine Archive

Be sure you give yourself the posthypnotic suggestion that the next time you hypnotize yourself, you will fall into a deeper and sounder state.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin

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

From Anything You Can Do! by Garrett, Randall

Using this technique, with each subject carrying out a posthypnotic suggestion, intensifies the responses of other subjects.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers, Melvin

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