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A self-defeating prophecy (self-destroying or self-denying in some sources) is the complementary opposite of a self-fulfilling prophecy; a prediction that prevents what it predicts from happening. This is also known as the prophet's dilemma .
Destrudo is the opposite of libido—the urge to create, an energy that arises from the Eros (or "life") drive—and is the urge to destroy arising from Thanatos (death), and thus an aspect of what Sigmund Freud termed "the aggressive instincts, whose aim is destruction".
These are also known as compressional or destructive boundaries. Obduction zones occurs when the continental plate is pushed under the oceanic plate, but this is unusual as the relative densities of the tectonic plates favours subduction of the oceanic plate. This causes the oceanic plate to buckle and usually results in a new mid-ocean ridge ...
In today’s tough conflicts, we need more than ever to be able to find a way out of the labyrinth of destructive fights. The other side may be far from cooperative. They dig in and refuse to ...
Out of phase: (here by 180 degrees), the two lower waves combine (right panel), resulting in a wave of zero amplitude (destructive interference). Interfering water waves on the surface of a lake In physics , interference is a phenomenon in which two coherent waves are combined by adding their intensities or displacements with due consideration ...
Destructive criticism aims to destroy the target of criticism. (e.g., "You should shut up and follow the program." (e.g., "You should shut up and follow the program." [ clarification needed ] ).
The reduced oscillation amplitude at an antiresonance can be regarded as due to destructive interference or cancellation of forces acting on the oscillator. In the above example, at the antiresonance frequency the external driving force F acting on oscillator 1 cancels the force acting via the coupling to oscillator 2, causing oscillator 1 to ...
The destructive misanthrope is said to be driven by a hatred of humankind and aims at tearing it down, with violence if necessary. [ 7 ] [ 40 ] For the fugitive misanthrope, fear is the dominant emotion and leads the misanthrope to seek a secluded place in order to avoid the corrupting contact with civilization and humanity as much as possible.