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Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English fulfilling English self-fulfilling From self- + fulfilling.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
sebenaplňující
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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Finnish:
itsensä toteuttava
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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French:
autoréalisateur
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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German:
selbsterfüllend
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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Irish:
féin-chomhlíontach
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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Spanish:
autocumplido
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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Spanish:
autorrealizado
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted
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Swedish:
självuppfyllande
— describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted