self-fulfilling prophecy
31prophecy — also prophesy AmE noun plural prophecies 1 (C) a statement that something will happen in the future, especially one made by someone with religious or magic powers (+ that): The prophecy that David would become king was fulfilled. 2 (U) the making …
32Selffulfilling Prophecy — Self|ful|fil|ling Pro|phe|cy [...fulfiliŋ prɔfisi] die; <aus gleichbed. engl. self fulfilling prophecy, eigtl. »sich selbst erfüllende Voraussage«> Zunahme der Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass ein bestimmtes Ereignis eintritt, wenn es vorher… …
33Selffulfilling Prophecy — Die selbsterfüllende Prophezeiung ist eine Vorhersage, die sich erfüllt, nur weil sie von einem sozialen Akteur geäußert und von anderen aufgenommen worden ist. Sie ist also eine besondere Ursache der Folgen, von denen sie spricht. Eine typische… …
34Novikov self-consistency principle — The Novikov self consistency principle, also known as the Novikov self consistency conjecture, is a principle developed by Russian physicist Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov in the mid 1980s to solve the problem of paradoxes in time travel, which is… …
35prophecy — /prof euh see/, n., pl. prophecies. 1. the foretelling or prediction of what is to come. 2. something that is declared by a prophet, esp. a divinely inspired prediction, instruction, or exhortation. 3. a divinely inspired utterance or revelation …
36Bible prophecy — Part of a series on The Bible …
37Jesus and Messianic prophecy — Christians commonly believe that many verses of the Hebrew Bible are prophecies of the Messiah and that these were fulfilled in the life of Jesus, with the rest to be fulfilled by his Second Coming. (A minority, called Full Preterists, believe… …
38Predestination paradox — A predestination paradox (also called causal loop, causality loop, and, less frequently, closed loop or closed time loop) is a paradox of time travel that is often used as a convention in science fiction. It exists when a time traveller is caught …
39Predestination paradoxes in fiction — Many fictional and mythological works have dealt with various circumstances that can logically arise from time travel, usually dealing with paradoxes. The predestination paradox is a common literary device.Mythology/Self Fulfilling ProphecyWhile… …
40Robert K. Merton — This article is about the sociologist. For the economist, see Robert C. Merton. Robert K. Merton Born July 4, 1910(1910 07 04) Philadelphia, PA Died …
