self-fulfilling prophecynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌself.fʊlˌfɪl.ɪŋ ˈprɒf.ə.si/us/ˌself.fʊlˌfɪl.ɪŋ ˈprɑː.fə.si/something that you cause to happen by saying and expecting that it will happen
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inevitable
- all roads lead to Rome idiom
- automatic
- automatically
- be (only) a matter of time idiom
- be damned if you do and damned if you don't idiom
- be nothing for it idiom
- be part and parcel of sth idiom
- damned
- doom
- fate
- fated
- implacable
- inevitably
- inexorable
- it can't be helped idiom
- matter
- relentless
- remorseless
- seal
- unstoppable
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