Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-defeating prophecy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: self--de-feat-ing prophe-cy
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

16

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation in which the occurrence of a predicted event becomes less likely by predicting the event.

Inflected Forms

self-defeating prophecies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

self-fulfilling prophecy

Questions

What does self-defeating prophecy mean?: A situation in which the occurrence of a predicted event becomes less likely by predicting the event.

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