Definitions
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- noun The
practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself. - noun An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have been impressed with the power of auto-suggestion ever since!
Q&A 2009
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Minimizing the role of both ritual and social action, it emphasizes the power of “auto-suggestion” and the efficacy of devotional activity.
Should prayer practitioners get paid as much as doctors for faith healing? 2009
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For example, the line "If phones are busy, please call back" is more than just a common - sensical suggestion; it's auto-suggestion, designed to created a sense of scarcity and demand.
As Seen on TV 2009
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However, having been discussing self-talk and auto-suggestion and the such lately with a guy who is doing a PhD in psychology partially on the matter, I noticed that you use a lot of “negative self-talk”.
snap 2007
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"Think And Grow Rich" makes much use of the principle of auto-suggestion.
Archive 2009-09-01 Steven Barnes 2009
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We are referring to such techniques as suggestion and auto-suggestion, hypnosis, "autogene training" in its more technical aspects, and other active training procedures.
Synthesis in Psychotherapy, By Roberto Assagioli William Harryman 2009
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I have been impressed with the power of auto-suggestion ever since!
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Qureshi: Maam, your question is tantamount to auto-suggestion – Islamic extremism has been accused of so many things.
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"Think And Grow Rich" makes much use of the principle of auto-suggestion.
Emotion Steven Barnes 2009
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At blinklist we figured it does not have to be, which is why we have given users both a search box to enter keyword queries to discover tags as well as adding an auto-suggestion script that will help you to quickly identify the most appropriate tags.
Quick tag access enables great discovery of social bookmarks 2005
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