autosuggestv.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)səˈdʒɛst/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛst/, /ˌɑdoʊsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛst/, /ˌɔdəsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛst/, /ˌɑdəsə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛst/ transitive. To produce, remove, or influence by autosuggestion; (reflexive) to subject (oneself) to autosuggestion. Also occasionally intransitive.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychological study of oneself > suggestion originating from self > effect by auto-suggestion [verb]
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1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 519 ‘Local shock’ left the limbs weak, and the idea of paralysis was auto-suggested, which was aided to vividness by emotional perturbation.
1917 W. de Kerlor tr. E. Boirac Our Hidden Forces vii. 155 Allow the subject to auto-suggest himself, or the operator to make a suggestion.
1921 Discovery Nov. 296/2 We are suffering from toothache and wish to autosuggest it away.
1945 Salt 12 Feb. 37/2 I guessed Bill was auto-suggestin' for all he was worth.
1971 U. K. Le Guin Lathe of Heaven (1973) ix. 145 I can autosuggest an entire dream and dream it in every detail precisely as thought out by my waking mind.
2008 New Yorker 3 Nov. 117/2 The process of magic and the process of confidence games... cause the audience to autosuggest themselves in a way which seems perfectly logical, but is actually false.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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