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Meanings

self-fulfilling prophecy

A prediction that causes itself to become true. Used in psychology, sociology, and everyday contexts.

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If you think 'I'll fail anyway,' you really do fail. This is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

教きょう師しが「このクラスは優ゆう秀しゅうだ」と期き待たいすると、生せい徒との成せい績せきが実じっ際さいに上あがることがある。これは自じ己こ充じゅう足そく的てき予よ言げんの一いち例れいである。

When a teacher expects a class to be excellent, the students' grades may actually improve. This is an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

予よ言げん
予言 is a general 'prophecy' or 'prediction', while 自己充足的予言 specifically refers to a prophecy that brings about its own fulfillment.
ピグマリオン効こう果か
ピグマリオン効果 (Pygmalion effect) is a specific type of self-fulfilling prophecy where high expectations lead to improved performance, often used in educational psychology.

Compound of 自己 (self), 充足的 (sufficient, fulfilling), and 予言 (prophecy). A calque of the English 'self-fulfilling prophecy', coined in sociology.