self-fulfilling
adjective
self-ful·fill·ing
ˌself-fu̇l-ˈfi-liŋ 
1
: becoming real or true by virtue of having been predicted or expected
a self-fulfilling prophecy
2
: marked by or achieving self-fulfillment
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But this risk-aversion becomes self-fulfilling: fewer novel approaches being tested means fewer opportunities for breakthrough discoveries.
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Samir Khleif, Time, 11 June 2025
Over time, doing this kind of work repeatedly can build expertise, reinforcing the stereotype and creating a self-fulfilling cycle that keeps women in support roles and men in strategic ones.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Whether the character embodied the spirit of the country with startling accuracy or became a self-fulfilling prophecy is impossible to say.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Humanity, in the novel, has lived under the recurrent threat of catastrophically destructive memes—dark, self-fulfilling premonitions of scarcity, zero-sum competition, fear, mistrust, inegalitarianism.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
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Samir Khleif, Time, 11 June 2025
Over time, doing this kind of work repeatedly can build expertise, reinforcing the stereotype and creating a self-fulfilling cycle that keeps women in support roles and men in strategic ones.
—Kim Elsesser, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Whether the character embodied the spirit of the country with startling accuracy or became a self-fulfilling prophecy is impossible to say.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 5 June 2025
Humanity, in the novel, has lived under the recurrent threat of catastrophically destructive memes—dark, self-fulfilling premonitions of scarcity, zero-sum competition, fear, mistrust, inegalitarianism.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 28 May 2025
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“Self-fulfilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-fulfilling. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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