self-suggestion
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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You were mentally tired, there was some self-suggestion for sleep.
From A Fine Fix by Dongen, H. R. van
Dr Hugh Wingfield stated to the Society for Psychical Research that the case of one of his patients proved that hallucinations could be produced by self-suggestion.
From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles
No recorded cases of self-suggestion, I think, are more instructive than those published by Dr. Hugh Wingfield in Proceedings S.P.R., vol. v. p.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)
Suggestion exerted by the circumstances is about the same as what is often called "auto-suggestion" or "self-suggestion".
From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.
I passed out temporarily just as a result of self-suggestion.
From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert
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