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Meanings of self-fulfilling prophecy in English

Russian
самосбывающееся пророчество
Portuguese
profecia autorrealizável
Catalan
profecia autocomplerta
Spanish
profecia autocumplida

Prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior.

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самосбывающееся пророчество
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Usage of self-fulfilling prophecy in English
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The danger is that this can, and has, become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Guardian
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A well conceived museum becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy of its own importance.
The Irish Times
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Indeed, the association of 4 with death has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Guardian
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Moreover, rising yields risk turning market speculation into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Reuters
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Ultimately, of course, that loss of faith becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Every patient tells a story: medical mysteries and the art of di...
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He warned that talk of crisis risked becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Reuters
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As such, the need for national border controls has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Guardian
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It may also worry whether all this buzz helps create a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Reuters
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Is it a human-driven, self-fulfilling prophecy or an intrinsic, inevitable quality of technology?
Wired
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The Dragons' late-season fade out has become cliche, a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Guardian
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University actors must do more to break with this self-fulfilling prophecy.
The South African
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Her not winning could become a self-fulfilling prophecy on my part.
Gunn's golden rules
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Bad luck becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when you're a weak leader.
The Guardian
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The first impression becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: we hear what we expect to hear.
What the dog saw: and other adventures
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Victory becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy when the opposition is sure it will be beaten.
The Irish Times
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Being labeled a potential violent extremist could be a self-fulfilling prophecy, some parents fear.
The Guardian