self-defeating prophecy

noun

Definitions

  1. A situation in which the occurrence of a predicted event becomes less likely by…

    A situation in which the occurrence of a predicted event becomes less likely by predicting the event.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for self-defeating prophecy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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