- posthypnotic suggestion
- implantation in the mind of a subject during hypnosis of a suggestion to be acted upon after recovery from the hypnotic state.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
posthypnotic suggestion
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posthypnotic suggestion — noun a suggestion that is made to a person who is hypnotized that specifies an action he will perform (usually in response to a cue) after he has awakened • Hypernyms: ↑suggestion … Useful english dictionary
posthypnotic suggestion — noun A suggestion, given to a hypnotized person, to perform some action after awakening, especially in response to a cue … Wiktionary
posthypnotic — [pōst΄hip nät′ik] adj. of or carried out in the period following a hypnotic trance [posthypnotic suggestion] … English World dictionary
posthypnotic — Following hypnotism; denoting an act suggested during hypnosis that is to be carried out at some time after the hypnotized subject is awakened. * * * post·hyp·not·ic .pōst (h)ip nät ik adj of, relating to, or characteristic of the period… … Medical dictionary
suggestion — The implanting of an idea in the mind of another by some word or act on one s part, the subject s conduct or physical condition being influenced to some degree by the implanted idea. SEE ALSO: autosuggestion. [L. sug gero (subg ), pp. gestus, to… … Medical dictionary
posthypnotic — posthypnotically, adv. /pohst hip not ik/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to the period after hypnosis. 2. (of a suggestion) made during hypnosis so as to be effective after awakening. [1885 90; POST + HYPNOTIC] * * * … Universalium
posthypnotic — post•hyp•not•ic [[t]ˌpoʊst hɪpˈnɒt ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) psl of or pertaining to the period after hypnosis 2) psl (of a suggestion) made during hypnosis so as to be effective after awakening • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
posthypnotic — /poʊsthɪpˈnɒtɪk/ (say pohsthip notik) adjective 1. of or relating to the period following a hypnotic trance. 2. (of a suggestion) made during a hypnotic trance so as to be effective when the subject awakes. {post + hypnotic} …
hypnosis — /hip noh sis/, n., pl. hypnoses / seez/. 1. an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion. 2. hypnotism. [1875 80; HYPN(OTIC) + OSIS] * * * State that resembles sleep but is… … Universalium
autosuggestion — Synonyms and related words: animal magnetism, hypnology, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotic suggestion, hypnotism, mesmerism, mesmerization, od, odyl, odylic force, posthypnotic suggestion, power of suggestion, self hypnosis, self suggestion,… … Moby Thesaurus
