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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In that way, the race seems to be shaping up as less a competition than a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Instead, we’re treated to a series of agonizingly torpid scenes in which Nita and her co-workers are incepted by the power of Adam’s fiction, which comes to assume the force of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
The mentality aspect is fascinating here, too, how both winning and losing can become ingrained in a team, or how prophecies become self-fulfilling.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 14 May 2026
That same hesitancy could lead to a self-fulfilling doom loop.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
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Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Instead, we’re treated to a series of agonizingly torpid scenes in which Nita and her co-workers are incepted by the power of Adam’s fiction, which comes to assume the force of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2026
The mentality aspect is fascinating here, too, how both winning and losing can become ingrained in a team, or how prophecies become self-fulfilling.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 14 May 2026
That same hesitancy could lead to a self-fulfilling doom loop.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 4 May 2026
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“Self-fulfilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-fulfilling. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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