Self-fulfilling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Self-fulfilling is an adjective meaning Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
Meaning
Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
Example Sentences
The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.
Whether or not we believe in astrology is irrelevant; the question is, did the Magdalenians? If so, then in a self-fulfilling prophecy they may have been organizing their lives according to a religious belief system, and not simply an economic or ecological one.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include effect, autoinductive, autoreflexive, self-consistent, corollary, self-similar.
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