An alternative idea or proposal offered in response to another suggestion; a competing recommendation.
From counter- + suggestion (from Latin suggestio, meaning an implying or proposing). A modern compound for opposing ideas or proposals.
In psychology and hypnosis, countersuggestion is fascinating—it's a conscious or unconscious resistance to a suggestion, or an alternative suggestion that competes with it. Therapists use this principle: sometimes the best way to overcome a negative suggestion is to implant a positive countersuggestion.
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