Expectation and Familiarity

Expectation

Expectation noun - The act or state of looking forward to some occurrence.

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Familiarity and expectation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Familiarity" instead a noun "Expectation".

Familiarity noun - The state of being in a very personal or private relationship.

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Expectation and familiarity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expectation" instead a noun "Familiarity".

human	human expectation	human familiarity
public	public expectation	public familiarity
complete	complete expectation	complete familiarity
sheer	sheer expectation	sheer familiarity
Other adjectives: real, little, new, general, growing, strange, basic, cultural, subconscious.

Since one element of a successful induction is the expectation of entering trance, the familiarity of the trope can actually work to a hypnotist's advantage, but it's not really done since it's considered rather naff these days.

Source: Hypno Pendulum

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