Expectedness and Surprisingness

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Expectedness noun - Ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising.

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Surprisingness is an antonym for expectedness.

Surprisingness noun - Extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected.

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Expectedness is an antonym for surprisingness.

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Surprisingness and Expectedness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/expectedness/surprisingness

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