单词 | autosuggestive |
释义 | autosuggestiveadj. Of, relating to, or caused by autosuggestion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychological study of oneself > suggestion originating from self > [adjective] self-suggestive1840 autosuggestive1889 1889 C. G. Chaddock tr. R. von Krafft-Ebing Exper. Study Hypnotism p. vi Auto-suggestive [Ger. autosuggestive] self-deception is often confounded with intentional deception. 1893 Phrenol. Jrnl. June 284/2 The phenomena of lethargy and catalepsy are simple, mechanical, dependent; of somnambulism, complex, both suggestive and autosuggestive. 1910 Athenæum 5 Mar. 273/2 An hysterical girl under autosuggestive influences. 1926 United Free Church Mission Rec. July 29/2 The autosuggestive effect on young people has anything but an uplifting influence. 1976 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 489 Whether this ‘exclusiveness’ is auto-suggestive, a delusion created to maintain the unity and integrity of Ismailism, is hard to say. 2002 J. C. Wharton Nature Cures xi. 265 Powerful autosuggestive factors... motivate the patient's beliefs that the acupuncture anesthesia will be successful. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1889 |
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