SELF-FULFILLING


Meaning of SELF-FULFILLING in English

ˌself-fulˈfilling BrE AmE adjective

if a statement or belief about what will happen in the future is self-fulfilling, it becomes true because you expect it to be true and so behave in a way that will make it happen:

It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy: expect things to go wrong, and they probably will.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.