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.
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. 2005