adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
prophecy
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In this way events may be a self-fulfilling prophecy .
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In that sense, they are self-fulfilling prophecies .
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Increased speed of communication means that people can act much more quickly and can make trends into self-fulfilling prophecies .
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What happens when there are no sensory cues, when there is no self-fulfilling prophecy ?
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There was a ghastly self-fulfilling prophecy about such sessions.
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That created a self-fulfilling prophecy as, for the day at least, the market dropped sharply.
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As corporate players recognize other players adopting this assumption, an element of self-fulfilling prophecy takes charge.
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It turns confusion into curiosity and stops myths from becoming self-fulfilling prophecies .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all the drift to a self-seeking, self-satisfying, self-fulfilling approach to relationships is where the rot is really setting in.
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Academic Standards: A self-fulfilling effect of cultural stereotypes is diminished expectations.
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In that sense, they are self-fulfilling prophecies.
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In this way events may be a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Increased speed of communication means that people can act much more quickly and can make trends into self-fulfilling prophecies.
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It may, however, result in a less interesting and self-fulfilling system of education from the individual's point of view.
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The Big Promise and the confident show of the self-employed are self-fulfilling prophesies.
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What happens when there are no sensory cues, when there is no self-fulfilling prophecy?