English-Spanish translations for self-fulfilling prophecy

• profecía autocumplida
  A veces, determinados comentarios tienen un efecto de profecía autocumplida. Some of the comments sometimes have a self-fulfilling prophecy effect.
  Si hubiéramos confiado en él, nosotros mismos hubiéramos dado pie a este choque de civilizaciones como parte de una profecía autocumplida. 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.

Definition of self-fulfilling prophecy

• A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true

Related words

• self-fulfilling
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