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suggestion

Main Entry:: sug·ges·tion
Pronunciation:: \sə(g)-ˈjes-chən, -ˈjesh-\
Function:: noun

1 a: the act or process of impressing something (as an idea, attitude, or desired action) upon the mind of another <suggestion in response to propaganda — Psychological Abstracts> b: the process by which a physical or mental state is influenced by a thought or idea <the power of suggestion>2: something impressed upon the mind by suggestion <the posthypnotic carrying out of suggestions held in the unconscious — G. S. Blum>

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