0 a situation in which something happens because you expected or said it would happen:
Sales predictions determine how a book is published, and a prediction of poor sales is often a self-fulfilling prophecy.
However, this can become a self-fulfilling prophecy unless we at least consider them.
There was, he thought, a selfreinforcing cycle in which low trust by the family in non-family executives became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The latter became part of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
First, the presentation of script information before the experiment can act as a self-fulfilling prophecy, because scripts are seldom value-neutral.
This led to relatively limited opportunities for skills development among older workers - the perception became a self-fulfilling prophecy.
This in itself shows why a negative attitude to ageing can easily become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The danger of a self-fulfilling prophecy effect is even more apparent in tasks which use performance-related payment.
Second, if she does attend, the anticipatory anxiety may turn out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, in that anxiety increases sensitivity to painful stimulation.
