"It's not my job" is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Self-fulfilling
Synonyms for "self-fulfilling" (1 found)
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8 translations across 7 languages.
Czech
1 entries- sebenaplňující adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
Finnish
1 entries- itsensä toteuttava adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
French
1 entries- autoréalisateur adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
German
1 entries- selbsterfüllend adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
Irish
1 entries- féin-chomhlíontach adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
Spanish
2 entries- autocumplido adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
- autorrealizado adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
Swedish
1 entries- självuppfyllande adj (describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted)
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It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prophecy that causes itself to be true, directly or indirectly.
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It's kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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