self-suggestion

noun

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  1. automatism
  2. hypnosis
  3. hypnotism
Noun
  • French critic Laurent Jenny, in a piece translated by Thomas Trezise, contrasts Breton and Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, who, beginning in 1930, challenged some of the ideas of automatism.
    Allison C. Meier, JSTOR Daily, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Psychic automatism is a dubious technique but a splendid alibi, enabling many of the artists in the exhibition to get away with imagery that, if not outright cliché, looks a lot like it.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Definition of automatism
Noun
  • Sofia Falcone is still reeling from her brother’s death and finds herself in a waking nightmare, which is exacerbated by the weird hypnosis therapy administered by Julian Rush, her hot doctor on loan from Arkham.
    Andy Andersen, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Benzodiazepines are depressants that produce sedation and hypnosis, relieve anxiety and muscle spasms, and reduce seizures, according to the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of hypnosis
Noun
  • Other topics of his lectures over the years that followed included animal magnetism, hypnotism, and the ether.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 12 Apr. 2024
  • It’s taken 200 years for hypnotism to evolve from a medical treatment to stage gag.
    Emily Latimer, Longreads, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of hypnotism
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