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autosuggestion
CIDE DICTIONARY
autosuggestion, n. [Auto- + suggestion.].
- Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, especially in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- hypnosis induced by oneself. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
autosuggestion
animal magnetism, hypnology, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotic suggestion, hypnotism, mesmerism, mesmerization, od, odyl, odylic force, posthypnotic suggestion, power of suggestion, self-hypnosis, self-suggestion, suggestibility, suggestion therapy, suggestionismFor further exploring for "autosuggestion" in Webster Dictionary Online