self-fulfilling prophecy
nounEtymology
Coined by sociologist Robert K. Merton.
Definitions
A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.
- Operator Abellio ScotRail doubled the Mon-Sat service from one train in each direction to two from May 2019 - it being something of a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you lay on trains, people might use them.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for self-fulfilling prophecy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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