suggestion
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7.0
- noun
- /səˈdʒɛsʧən/
- Specialized
:
sugestión
- During the hypnosis session, the suggestion to imagine a peaceful beach helped her unwind.
- hypnotic suggestion
- the power of suggestion
- posthypnotic suggestion
Or maybe you can let go by prayer or auto suggestion or meditation or visualization.
- Or maybe you can let go by prayer or auto suggestion or meditation or visualization.
Examples
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False beliefs are thus generated by suggestion and reinforced by the group.
Academic text (1995) -
The power of suggestion makes some people sick and other people well.
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The power of suggestion can be very profound.
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It's purely force of suggestion.
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You see... how peaceful you feel by following my suggestions?
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But there's this thing called the power of suggestion.
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Keeps her in line, makes her more susceptible to suggestion.
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I should like to leave you with a posthypnotic suggestion to strengthen your ability to remember those dreams.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nonetheless, discerning writers often evoke the fear response through the power of suggestion rather than with graphic descriptions.
Academic text (2010) -
Harriet and Jenny are attuned to their surroundings and susceptible to suggestion, traits that enhance their spiritual receptivity.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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6.7
A state like sleep when a person accepts suggestions
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9.9
A method of putting people into a sleep-like state to make them follow suggestions
To make someone fall asleep or enter hypnosis
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.5
A suggestion given while someone is deeply relaxed to make them do something after waking
- Specialized
To repeat positive statements to yourself to change your thoughts and behavior
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Etymology
Suggestion in hypnosis follows the same idea of 'bringing' an idea into someone's mind — the word's root means 'to put into' or 'bring to mind'. So a hypnotic suggestion is a guided idea or cue that helps change a person's thoughts or feelings.