Usually means: Expectation that causes itself to happen.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word self-fulfilling prophecy:

General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-fulfilling prophecy, self-fulfilling prophecy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. self-fulfilling prophecy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. self-fulfilling prophecy: Wiktionary
  4. Self-fulfilling prophecy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-fulfilling prophecy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-fulfilling prophecy: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sociology (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-fulfilling prophecy: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (self-fulfilling prophecy)

noun:  (philosophy, sociology) A prediction that, by being voiced, causes itself to come true.

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