suggestion

suggestion /sug·ges·tion/ (sug-jes´chun)

1. the act of offering an idea for action or for consideration of action.

2. an idea so offered.

3. in psychiatry, the process of causing uncritical acceptance of an idea.

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hypnotic suggestion  one imparted to a person in the hypnotic state, by which he is induced to alter perceptions or memory or to perform actions.

posthypnotic suggestion  implantation in the mind of a subject during hypnosis of a suggestion to be acted upon after recovery from the hypnotic state.

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sug·ges·tion (sg-jschn, s-js-)

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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suggestion,

n 1. the process by which one thought or idea leads to another, as in the association of ideas.
2. the use of persuasion to implant an idea, thought, attitude, or belief in the mind of another as a means of influencing or altering behavior or state of mind.