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self-fulfilling

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  1. not comparable Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted. The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.

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adj describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted

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Deutschselbsterfüllend

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@misc{self_fulfilling_2026,
  title = {self-fulfilling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-fulfilling},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}