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

Generic conversational AI uses general NLP that can be used for simple tasks like autosuggestions and basic keyword matching.

From Search Engine Watch

If these biases are present within training data, and the models that are trained on them are employed in search engine algorithms, those predispositions may show up in search autosuggestions or even in the ranking and retrieval process.

From Search Engine Land

This expands the scope of autosuggestions, which may also improve the user experience.

From Search Engine Land

Previously, autosuggestions were constrained to information from previous queries asked by users and confined to the current word being typed.

From Search Engine Land

It is at this point that the ordinary book on autosuggestion breaks down—so far as any practical usefulness is concerned.

From Project Gutenberg

By autosuggestion the stronger minds produce ideas which when set afloat pass by suggestion from mind to mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Autosuggestion is an instrument which you have to learn how to use just as you would for any other instrument.

From Project Gutenberg

It may have been autosuggestion, induced by the child's great need of him, but whatever it was was vaguely soothing.

From Project Gutenberg

Suggestion, or rather Autosuggestion, is quite a new subject, and yet at the same time it is as old as the world.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• indication
• notion
• suspicion
• thought