nominative determinism

== English == === Noun === nominative determinism (uncountable) (psychology, semantics) A supposed tendency for people to become active in subjects that relate or correspond to their names. 2016, Caroline Barchelder, The Gender Conversation: Evangelical Perspectives on Gender, Scripture, and the Christian Life, Morling Press, page 218: Nominative determinism is usually applied to the idea that someone's name may influence their future. Would Usain Bolt have run as swiftly with the name “Usain Plod”? ==== See also ==== aptonym, aptronym, charactonym, euonym nomen est omen