The English equivalent for the Indonesian term “Sugesti” (Ini dia Bahasa Inggrisnya “Sugesti”!)

I just found out after reading a health article in The Jakarta Post that the English word for the Indonesian term sugesti is Placebo effect.

All this while, my Kamus Indonesia-Inggris (Indonesian-English dictionary) defines the word sugesti as:

“power (hypnotic, etc.) to direct another’s actions”

The dictionary only gives the meaning without giving any exact English equivalent.

Now that I’ve known the English equivalent, I looked it up on my Longman dictionary which defines Placebo effect as:

“the positive effect achieved by a substance given to a patient instead of medicine, without telling them it is not real, so that they get better because they think they are taking medicine”

Dandy!