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posthypnotic suggestion

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/ 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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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He was given a posthypnotic suggestion that such an event happening again was exceedingly remote, and this was amplified by suggestions of confidence that he would immediately start slugging as well as ever.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

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 Melvin Powers

We know that the easiest way to achieve self-hypnosis is to be hypnotized and given a posthypnotic suggestion that you will respond to hypnosis by a key word, phrase or gesture.

From A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Melvin Powers

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