[f. SUGGESTION + -ISM.] The doctrine or practice of hypnotic suggestion. Hence Suggestionist, one who advocates or practises suggestion; one who trents disease by suggestion; also attrib.; Suggestionize v. trans., to influence or treat by suggestion.
1892. Athenæum, 2 July, 17/3. In order to combat materialism it calls to its aid hypnotism, *‘suggestionism,’ or even spiritualism.
1896. Cosmopolitan, XX. 369/1. Doctor Liebault has good claims to be regarded as the founder of the *‘suggestionist school.’
1903. F. W. H. Myers, Human Pers., I. 206. To the pure suggestionist, monotonous stimulation and mesmeric passes are alike—mere facilitations of suggestion.
1896. Daily News, 17 Feb., 6/5. A yelling mob, *suggestionised to the pitch of frenzy.
