autosuggestion
noun
autosuggestion is a noun meaning “The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-U-T-O-S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of autosuggestion is autosuggestions.
What does autosuggestion mean?
noun
- 1
The practice of suggesting thoughts to oneself, as in autohypnosis.
- 2
An instance of suggesting a thought to oneself.
- 3
An autosuggest feature.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of autosuggestion
- autosuggestions plural
- auto-suggestion
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is autosuggestion?
Autosuggestion appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Autosuggestion in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense suggesting thoughts to oneself:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | autosuggestion |
| Portuguese | autossugestão |
| Spanish | autosugestión |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does autosuggestion come from?
From auto- + suggestion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).