Meanings
nounautosuggestion (countable and uncountable, plural autosuggestions)
plural autosuggestions · alternative auto-suggestion
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis.
- countablehuman sciencesAn instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.
- uncountablecomputingAn autosuggest feature.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
nouna system for self-improvement developed by Emile Coue which was popular in the 1920s and 1930s
Broader
self-improvementself-reformation
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan autosuggestió
- autosuggestiósuggesting thoughts to oneself
Finnish itsesuggestio
- itsesuggestiosuggesting thoughts to oneself
French autosuggestion
- autosuggestionsuggesting thoughts to oneself
Italian autosuggestione
- autosuggestionesuggesting thoughts to oneself
Japanese 自己暗示
- 自己暗示 (jiko anji)suggesting thoughts to oneself
Malay saranan kendiri
- saranan kendirisuggesting thoughts to oneself
Polish autosugestia
- autosugestiasuggesting thoughts to oneself
Portuguese autossugestão
- autossugestãosuggesting thoughts to oneself
Romanian autosugestie
- autosugestiesuggesting thoughts to oneself
Spanish autosugestión
- autosugestiónsuggesting thoughts to oneself
Cite this entry
APA
autosuggestion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosuggestion
MLA
“autosuggestion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosuggestion. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autosuggestion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosuggestion.
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