self-suggestion

noun

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as in autosuggestion

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  1. automatism
  2. hypnosis
  3. hypnotism
Noun
  • Their players look connected, know where each other are and play with fluidity and automatism.
    Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • French critic Laurent Jenny, in a piece translated by Thomas Trezise, contrasts Breton and Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, who, beginning in 1930, challenged some of the ideas of automatism.
    Allison C. Meier, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of automatism
Noun
  • Oh and hey, happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there who will fight demonic hypnosis to do right by their kids!
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 June 2024
  • Boater’s hypnosis can slow your reaction time almost as much as if you were legally intoxicated.
    Diana Leyva, The Tennessean, 23 May 2024
Definition of hypnosis
Noun
  • Other topics of his lectures over the years that followed included animal magnetism, hypnotism, and the ether.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 Apr. 2024
  • It’s taken 200 years for hypnotism to evolve from a medical treatment to stage gag.
    Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of hypnotism
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