self-fulfilling

English

Etymology

self- +‎ fulfilling

Adjective

self-fulfilling (not comparable)

Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.

Derived terms

self-fulfilling prophecy

Translations

describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted

Czech: sebenaplňující
Finnish: itsensä toteuttava
French: autoréalisateur (fr) m, autoréalisatrice (fr) f
German: selbsterfüllend m

Irish: féin-chomhlíontach
Spanish: autocumplida f, autorrealizada f
Swedish: självuppfyllande

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