If you describe a statement or belief about the future as ~, you mean that what is said or believed comes true because people expect it to come true.
Fear of failure can become a ~ prophecy.
ADJ
If you describe a statement or belief about the future as ~, you mean that what is said or believed comes true because people expect it to come true.
Fear of failure can become a ~ prophecy.
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012