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

Derived Forms

• ˌautosugˈgestive, adjective

Other Words From

• auto·sug·gesti·ble adjective
• auto·sug·gesti·bili·ty noun
• auto·sug·gestion·ist noun
• auto·sug·gestive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of autosuggestion¹

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

Example Sentences

Never more so than on Unknown Pleasures outtake Autosuggestion, six minutes of backwards guitar, echoing drums and a vocal reliant on long, mournful notes that slowly reaches a frenetic climax, topped by Curtis’s repeated invocation: “Lose some sleep and say you tried.”

From The Guardian

Some of this, of course, may be a matter of autosuggestion.

From New York Times

“No, hallucination. They pass their insanity over into us so that we see their hallucinations too. Telepathy. Autosuggestion and telepathy.”

From Literature

It is difficult to write clearly on such a subtle theme or explain what is known concerning autosuggestion or explain the laws which, in a measure, control the unconscious part of human life without using technical terms or scientific formulas beyond the understanding of the everyday reader.

From Project Gutenberg

They added more and more to his concern about his stomach, and furnished him with numerous sources of autosuggestion.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• indication
• notion
• suspicion
• thought