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suggestione

suggestion, evocation

noun soo-jes-TYOH-neh Rare

Origin: Latin suggestio, from suggerere (to suggest).

Also means

fascination

Usage Note

Suggestione is a false friend: it rarely means 'suggestion' in the English sense (for that, use suggerimento). It primarily means an evocative impression, a fascination, or a form of psychological suggestion (suggestione ipnotica = hypnotic suggestion). The plural is suggestioni.

Examples

"Il castello esercita una forte suggestione sui visitatori."

Natural Translation

The castle exerts a strong fascination on visitors.

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