English Explanatory Dictionary

self-fulfilling prophecy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.

Word forms

self-fulfilling prophecy self-fulfilling prophecies

Etymology

Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton.

Related words

fake it till one makes it nominative determinism Pygmalion effect
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