Meaning of self-fulfilling prophecy | Babel Free
Definitions
A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.
Equivalents
Deutsch
selbsterfüllende Prophezeiung
Español
profecía autocumplida
Français
prophétie autoréalisatrice
한국어
자기 충족적 예언
Svenska
självuppfyllande profetia
Examples
“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.”
“Operator Abellio ScotRail doubled the Mon-Sat service from one train in each direction to two from May 2019 - it being something of a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you lay on trains, people might use them.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.