self-suggestion

noun

1. the act of suggesting.
2. the state of being suggested.
3. something suggested, as a piece of advice: We made the suggestion that she resign.
4. a slight trace: He speaks with a suggestion of a foreign accent.
5. the calling up in the mind of one idea by another by virtue of some association or of some natural connection between the ideas.
6. the idea thus called up.
7. Psychology.
   1. the process of inducing a thought, sensation, or action in a receptive person without using persuasion and without giving rise to reflection in the recipient.
   2. the thought, sensation, or action induced in this way.

noun

1. another term for autosuggestion

noun

1. something that is suggested
2. a hint or indicationa suggestion of the odour of violets
3. psychol the process whereby the mere presentation of an idea to a receptive individual leads to the acceptance of that ideaSee also autosuggestion

n.mid-14c., “a prompting to evil,” from Anglo-French and Old French suggestioun, from Latin suggestionem (nominative suggestio) “an addition, intimation, suggestion,” from suggestus, past participle of suggerere “suggest, supply, bring up,” from sub “up” (see sub-) + gerere “bring, carry” (see gest). Sense evolution in Latin is from “heap up, build” to “bring forward an idea.” Meaning “proposal” appeared by late 14c., but original English notion of “evil prompting” is preserved in suggestive (1630s, though the indecent aspect did not emerge until 1888). Hypnotism sense is from 1887. n.

1. Implanting of an idea in the mind of another by a word or act so as to influence conduct or physical condition.