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self-fulfilling prophecy

Greek translation: αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία

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English term or phrase:self-fulfilling prophecy
Greek translation:αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία

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15:12 Jan 18, 2010
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English term or phrase: self-fulfilling prophecy
Definition from A social psycology glossary:
The process by which someone's expectations about a person or group leads to the fulfillment of those expectations.

Example sentence(s):
  • Whether or not a teacher is aware of it, the self-fulfilling prophecy is at work, impacting students either to their benefit or their detriment. Educational psycology
  • According to The Law of Self-fulfilling Prophecy, people respond the way you expect them to respond. You get what you expect. terrybragg.com
  • However, those who see technical analysis as a self-fulfilling prophecy argue that these indicators are "right" only because extremely large numbers of people base trading decisions on these same indicators, thereby using the same information to take their positions, and, in turn, pushing the price in the predicted direction. Investopedia
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αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία
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Η «αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία» είναι μια πρόβλεψη αναφορικά με ένα μελλοντικό γεγονός, η οποία με τη σειρά της αυξάνει την πιθανότητα να συμβεί αυτό το γεγονός.
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5 +2αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία
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αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία


Definition from own experience or research:
Η «αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία» είναι μια πρόβλεψη αναφορικά με ένα μελλοντικό γεγονός, η οποία με τη σειρά της αυξάνει την πιθανότητα να συμβεί αυτό το γεγονός.

Example sentence(s):
  • Η αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία ως όρος πρωτοεμφανίστηκε το 1948 από τον Μerton - megaseniautos  
  • Ετσι, στο τέλος η εκλογολογία αποδεικνύεται μια αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία - kathimerini  
  • Αναρρωτιέμαι μήπως εδώ έχουμε μια αυτοεκπληρούμενη προφητεία. - astro.forumup  
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