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self-fulfilling prophecy

Robert King Merton

Phraseologism: Self-fulfilling prophecy.

Meaning: A prediction that directly or indirectly influences reality in such a way that it eventually turns out to be true.

Origin: From English: The Self-fulfilling Prophecy. Title of an article by futurologist Robert Merton (1910-2003) published in the Antioch Review (Summer 1948). The author wrote that prophecies - as ideas about a possible future - directly affect this very future, because people begin to act in accordance with their expectations and thus they realize the prophecy. A similar term - "suicide prophecy" - was proposed back in the XNUMXth century. logician John Venn.

Random phraseology:

Under the fly (to be).

Meaning:

In a state of slight intoxication.

Origin:

Initially, the turnover had the shape of a fly. The expression arose from the speech of the players in the card game fly and meant "with a win, with luck, with the mastery of a fly." The win was probably accompanied by drinking.

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