单词 | self-suggester |
释义 | self-suggestern. A person whose behaviour, experience, etc., is determined by suggestions or promptings arising from himself or herself; spec. a person who engages in psychological self-suggestion (see self-suggestion n. 2). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychological study of oneself > suggestion originating from self > [noun] > experiencer of autosuggestionist1888 self-suggestera1901 a1901 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality (1903) I. 213 The task is quite as difficult for the self-suggester as for the hypnotist. 1907 R. A. Benedict Malefactors of Great Wealth! xvii. 146 He is a good self-hypnotizer, a self-suggester into all sorts of situations and moods. 1987 A. Ellis in W. Dryden Key Cases Psychotherapy viii. 161 Therapists of various persuasions assume that virtually all their clients are, in some respects, philosophers and not merely experientialists and self-suggesters. 1991 A. Ellis in J. F. Schumaker Human Suggestibility xvi. 323 Humans are, very importantly, self-suggesters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1901 |
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