Meaning of self-fulfilling | Babel Free

Definitions

Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.

not-comparable

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Examples

“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.”

“The big question⟳, I believe⟳, is whether the Italian and maybe Spanish crises are the kind of thing that might be brought under control⟳ by ECB bond purchases. This is often phrased in terms of whether they are facing liquidity or solvency problems; but I think⟳ it’s better phrased in terms of the possibility of self-fulfilling crises, a la Obstfeld. […] So there is a reasonable case that what we’re seeing in Italy is a self-fulfilling crisis trying to happen⟳, in which fear of default is precisely what leads to default.”

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