posthypnotic
adjective
post·hyp·not·ic
ˌpōst-hip-ˈnä-tik 
-ip-
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the period following a hypnotic trance
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Lafayette referred to himself as an élève enthousiaste, and Mesmer gave him a sort of posthypnotic suggestion for preventing mal de mer during his long voyage to America, which involved clutching the mast of the ship (a plan stymied when the mast turned out to be covered with tar).
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Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
High dissociative highly suggestible participants displayed a selective increase in repetitions during posthypnotic amnesia, with equivalent repetition frequency to a random system, whereas the other two groups exhibited repetition avoidance across conditions.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2012
Suggesting themes into lucid dreams is similar to posthypnotic suggestion.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2020
Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2021
High dissociative highly suggestible participants displayed a selective increase in repetitions during posthypnotic amnesia, with equivalent repetition frequency to a random system, whereas the other two groups exhibited repetition avoidance across conditions.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2012
Suggesting themes into lucid dreams is similar to posthypnotic suggestion.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2020
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posthypnotic
adjective
post·hyp·not·ic
ˌpōst-(h)ip-ˈnät-ik
: of, relating to, or characteristic of the period following a hypnotic trance during which the subject will still carry out suggestions made by the operator during the trance state
posthypnotic suggestion
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