autosuggestionn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)səˈdʒɛstʃn/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdoʊsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɔdəsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/, /ˌɑdəsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstʃ(ə)n/ Suggestion, or a suggestion, arising from oneself; spec. (originally Psychology) the hypnotic or subconscious adoption of an idea which one has originated oneself. Cf. self-suggestion n. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychological study of oneself > suggestion originating from self > [noun]
self-suggestion1808
autosuggestion1885
1885 Med. Press & Circular 7 Oct. 331/1 (heading) Cutaneous hæmorrhage by auto-suggestion.
1890 W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvii. 601 When the [hypnotic] subject obeys it is by reason of the ‘operator's suggestion’; when he proves refractory it is in consequence of an ‘auto-suggestion’ which he has made to himself.
1894 Trans. Obstet. Soc. 35 246 Women may come to feel cravings by a process of auto-suggestion, especially in their first pregnancy.
1907 J. Coates (title) Self-reliance: practical studies in personal magnetism, will-power and success, through self-help or auto-suggestion.
1934 Mod. Psychologist June 35/2 Implanting an idea in one's own subconscious is called autosuggestion. Ideas accepted by the subconscious..sooner or later are expressed in bodily function or conscious action.
1983 P. Kurth Anastasia (1985) ii. iv. 125 It is probably a case of loss of memory by auto-suggestion, arising from a desire to suppress what she has experienced.
2008 New Yorker 3 Nov. 117/2 The process of magic and the process of confidence games, and to a certain extent the process of drama, are all processes of autosuggestion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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