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noun
1.
the act of suggesting.
2.
the state of being suggested.
3.
something suggested, as a piece of advice: We made the suggestion that she resign.
4.
a slight trace: He speaks with a suggestion of a foreign accent.
5.
EXPANDthe calling up in the mind of one idea by another by virtue of some association or of some natural connection between the ideas.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English suggestio(u)n incitement to evil < Medieval Latin suggestiōn- (stem of suggestiō), Latin: act of supplying an answer or hint, equivalent to suggest(us) (see suggest) + -iōn- -ion
1300–50; Middle English suggestio(u)n incitement to evil < Medieval Latin suggestiōn- (stem of suggestiō), Latin: act of supplying an answer or hint, equivalent to suggest(us) (see suggest) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
coun·ter·sug·ges·tion, noun
non·sug·ges·tion, noun
pre·sug·ges·tion, noun
self-sug·ges·tion, noun
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
suggestion
c.1340, "a prompting to evil," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. suggestioun, from L. suggestionem (nom. suggestio) "an addition, intimation, suggestion," from suggestus, pp. of suggestere "suggest, supply, bring up," from sub "up" + gerere "bring, carry." Sense evolution in L. is from "heap up, build" to "bring
EXPANDforward an idea." Meaning "proposal" appeared by 1382, but original Eng. notion of "evil prompting" is preserved in suggestive (1631, though the indecent aspect did not emerge until 1888). Hypnotism sense is from 1887.
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Medical Dictionary
suggestion sug·ges·tion (səg-jěs'chən, sə-jěs'-)
n.
Implanting of an idea in the mind of another by a word or act so as to influence conduct or physical condition.
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