self-fulfilling

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

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

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English fulfilling
English self-fulfilling
From self- + fulfilling.
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