autosuggestion
[aw-toh-suh g-jes-chuh n, -suh-]
noun Psychology.
suggestion arising from oneself, as the repetition of verbal messages as a means of changing behavior.
Origin of autosuggestion
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Related Words for autosuggestion
thought, suspicion, indication, notion, connotation, allusion, whisper, inkling, strain, signification, telltale, breath, cue, vein, reminder, insinuation, trace, symbol, clue, smackExamples from the Web for autosuggestion
Historical Examples of autosuggestion
The thought of crime now becomes a sort of obsession or rather an autosuggestion.
PsychotherapyHugo Mnsterberg
Its connection with the phenomena of autosuggestion is very clear.
Great Pianists on Piano PlayingJames Francis Cooke
It is at this point that the ordinary book on autosuggestion breaks down—so far as any practical usefulness is concerned.
When Winter Comes to Main StreetGrant Martin Overton
Then the autosuggestion "bobs up," common sense is side-tracked, we toss and worry—and of course stay awake.
Outwitting Our NervesJosephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
His story illustrates the power of an autosuggestion and the disastrous effect of attention to a physiological function.
Outwitting Our NervesJosephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury
autosuggestion
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autosuggestion
[ô′tō-səg-jĕs′chən]
n.
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