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suggestion |sə(ɡ)ˈjesCH(ə)n|
noun
an idea or plan put forward for consideration.
• the action of suggesting something: at my suggestion, the museum held an exhibition of his work.
• something that implies or indicates a certain fact or situation: there is no suggestion that he was involved in any wrongdoing.
• a slight trace or indication of something: there was a suggestion of a smile on his lips.
• the action or process of calling up an idea or thought in someone's mind by associating it with other things: the power of suggestion.
• Psychology the influencing of a person to accept an idea, belief, or impulse uncritically, especially as a technique in hypnosis or other therapies.
• Psychology a belief or impulse induced by suggestion.
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘an incitement to evil’): via Old French from Latin suggestio(n-), from the verb suggerere (see suggest) .
MASS/GROUP (suggestion) HYPNOSIS