English-Italian translations for prophecy

• profezia
  A mio avviso, quanto è avvenuto è una profezia che si realizza da sé. In my view, what has happened is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  Se ci fossimo fidati del suo giudizio, anche noi avremmo contribuito a provocare questo scontro di civiltà, come una sorta di profezia destinata ad avversarsi. Had we relied on this, we would ourselves have played a part in bringing about this clash of civilizations as part of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
  Se perfino la Allianz sostiene che ormai si muove soltanto sui mercati dove può collocarsi tra le prime tre, a livello internazionale si tratta di una profezia annunciata. The insurers Allianz have said that they will only go into markets where they will be among the top three, and that, on an international level, will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Definition of prophecy

• A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration
• The public interpretation of Scripture

Examples

• French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.

Related words

• prophecy of disaster
• self-fulfilling prophecy
• make prophecy