autosuggestion

See also: auto-suggestion

English

Alternative forms

• auto-suggestion

Etymology

auto- +‎ suggestion

Noun

autosuggestion (countable and uncountable, plural autosuggestions)

1. (psychology, uncountable) The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis.
2. (psychology, countable) An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.
3. (computing, uncountable) An autosuggest feature.

Synonyms

• (psychology): self-suggestion

Derived terms

• autosuggestionist

 

Related terms

• autosuggest
• autosuggestibility
• autosuggestive
• heterosuggestion

 

Translations

suggesting thoughts to oneself

• Catalan: autosuggestió f
• Finnish: itsesuggestio
• French: autosuggestion (fr) f
• Japanese: 自己暗示 (ja) (jiko anji)
• Malay: saranan kendiri
• Polish: autosugestia (pl) f
• Romanian: autosugestie (ro) f
• Spanish: autosugestión f

French

Etymology

From auto- +‎ suggestion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.to.zyɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/, /ɔ.to.zyɡ.ʒɛs.tjɔ̃/

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Noun

autosuggestion f (plural autosuggestions)

1. autosuggestion

Related terms

• autosuggestionner

Further reading

• “autosuggestion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.