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Definition of Autosuggestion

1. Noun. A system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s.

Definition of Autosuggestion

1. n. Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic of certain mental conditions in which expectant belief tends to produce disturbance of function of one or more organs.

Definition of Autosuggestion

1. Noun. The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself. ¹

2. Noun. An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Autosuggestion

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Autosuggestion

1. Suggestion coming from the subject himself. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Autosuggestion

Literary usage of Autosuggestion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Freedom from Sinful Thoughts by J. Heinrich Arnold, Heini Arnold (1997)
"vi autosuggestion IN CONTRAST to suggestion, autosuggestion is “the ... autosuggestion may seem like a positive force, and insofar as it helps us to ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1922)
"The chief obstacle to autosuggestion lies in the fact that, under ordinary ... Thus voluntary autosuggestion reverses itself, according to the law which ..."

3. The Psychic Treatment of Nervous Disorders: (The Psychoneuroses and Their by Paul Dubois (1909)
"... and Depression—Stimulation of Appetite by Psychic Means—Gastric Dyspepsia: Its Genesis and Its Aggravation by autosuggestion—Gastric Troubles in the ..."

4. The U Book: Selling One's Self from $10 a Week to $100,000 a Year by Nilas Oran Shively (1917)
"The process of eliminating negative traits, and substituting positives, may be greatly facilitated through the use of autosuggestion. The process is simple ..."

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