prophecy
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6.2
- noun
- /ˈprɑːfəsi/
:
profecía
- There are many examples of self-fulfilling prophecy, where one's beliefs influence either accomplishment or failure.
- self-fulfilling prophecy
- fulfilling prophecy
- biblical prophecy
So what this does is it creates a self fulfilling prophecy.
- So what this does is it creates a self fulfilling prophecy.
- He started healing people from stage and giving words of knowledge and prophecy right there, like on a dime.
- And you know, they're looking for a Messiah that fills all of the Old Testament prophecies.
- So it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
- But the Hopi prophecy portrayed on this rock on the third Mesa just north of here is actually a prophecy that works in two parts.
- And so the Greek translators of Isaiah, we're not probably trying to make this into a Messianic prophecy, but.
- There's a famous, I think he was a Greek philosopher, that there was a prophecy that he would die on this one fateful day.
- And to me that quote is enormously powerful because it expresses the idea of self fulfilling prophecies.
- And that's before the prophecy starts.
- No, in fact there are no prophecies whatsoever.
- So it's a self self fulfilling prophecy I guess.
- They are not just policy, they are prophecy.
Examples
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But the Hopi prophecy portrayed on this rock on the third Mesa just north of here is actually a prophecy that works in two parts.
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And fulfilled an ancient prophecy that almost brought about the end of the world.
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- She made a prophecy about End of Days.
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Tell me what the prophecy says.
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A lie, so he thought, but a prophecy as it turned out!
Fiction book (1991) -
Have you come to see your prophecy fulfilled?
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Elders are not the only members of the community who take prophecy seriously.
Academic text (1994) -
He was the only one that believed in prophecy.
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But this new poem repeats that prophecy with a difference.
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According to the ancient prophecy, a hero will rise to save the kingdom from darkness.
Synonyms
375
2.6
A guess about what will happen in the future based on facts or signs
8
9.1
A message from a god that tells what will happen
8
9.3
A statement about what will happen in the future
1
6.8
To say what will happen in the future
A prediction of future events said to come from a god
A picture in the mind of a future event that appears in a dream
How Certain
- Literature
8
9.1
- Literature
90
6.5
142
6.2
375
2.6
768
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prophecy comes from Greek parts pro- ('before') and a root meaning 'to speak', sharing the same source as prophet. So a prophecy is a statement that 'speaks before' what will happen and is often seen as a prediction from a divine source.