SELF-FULFILLING


Meaning of SELF-FULFILLING in English

adjective

[ usually before noun ] a self-fulfilling prophecy is one that becomes true because people expect it to be true and behave in a way that will make it happen :

If you expect to fail, you will fail. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.