self-fulfilling prophecy

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self-fulfilling prophecy,

a principle that states that a belief in or the expectation of a particular resolution is a factor that contributes to its fulfillment.

Psychiatry A distorted prediction or statement about a person in a certain setting, which forms a substrate that ultimately leads the person to behave in the predicted manner

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