self-ful|fill|ing

self-ful|fill|ing
self-ful|fill|ing «SEHLF ful FIHL ihng», adjective.
becoming fulfilled or realized by the very fact that it is predicted or believed inevitable: »

Responsible…leaders characterize the sensationalist reporting of several of the newspapers as self-fulfilling prophecy (Atlantic). There is now a potentially self-fulfilling state of economic alarm (London Times).


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