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EXPECTEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("expectedness" is a kind of...):
mundaneness; mundanity; ordinariness (the quality of being commonplace and ordinary)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "expectedness"):
normalcy; normality (expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common)
Antonym:
unexpectedness (extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being that is commonly observed
Synonyms:
commonness; expectedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("expectedness" is a kind of...):
normalcy; normality (being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning)
Derivation:
expected (considered likely or probable to happen or arrive)
