self-fulfilling

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ fulfilling.

Adjective

self-fulfilling (not comparable)

1. Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.

   The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.

Derived terms

• self-fulfilling prophecy

Translations

describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted

• Czech: sebenaplňující
• Finnish: itsensä toteuttava
• French: autoréalisateur (fr) m, autoréalisatrice (fr) f
• German: selbsterfüllend m
• Irish: féin-chomhlíontach
• Spanish: autocumplida f, autorrealizada f
• Swedish: självuppfyllande