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self-suggestion

NOUN
suggestion
Synonyms
STRONGEST
indication notion suspicion thought
STRONG
allusion association autosuggestion breath clue connotation cue inkling innuendo insinuation intimation overtone reminder shade signification smack symbol symbolism symbolization symbology telltale tinge trace undertone vein whisper wind
WEAK
soupçon
Antonyms
STRONG
information
WEAK
declaration demand order telling

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Suggestion exerted by the circumstances is about the same as what is often called "auto-suggestion" or "self-suggestion".

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

You will be surprised to see how quickly this sort of self-suggestion will brace you up and put new spirit in you.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

Increase your self-confidence in every possible way, and you can do this to a remarkable degree by the power of self-suggestion.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

Before every trip, with self-hypnosis and self-suggestion, I erase my own memories—a sort of artificial amnesia—so that the Lhari can't find out any more than I want them to find out.

From The Colors of Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

Hypnotic agencies, according to Myers, may be simplified into suggestion and self-suggestion.

From Occultism and Common-Sense by Willson, Beckles