self-fulfilling prophecy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.
    — Whether or not we believe in astrology is irrelevant; the question is, did the Magdalenians? If so, then in a self-fulfilling prophecy they may have been organizing their lives according to a religious belief system, and not simply an economic or ecological one.

词形变化

self-fulfilling prophecies plural

词源

Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton.
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