Expectation and Thinking

Expectation

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

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

Thinking noun - The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.

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Expectation and thinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Expectation" instead a noun "Thinking".

Nearby Words: think, thinker, thinkable

human	human expectation	human thinking
clear	clear expectation	clear thinking
current	current expectation	current thinking
original	original expectation	original thinking
Other adjectives: selfish, real, little, quiet, new.

Not only that, but it became an expectation of any student to find a way to beat the simulation with outside-the-box thinking.

Source: Loophole Abuse / Live-Action Film
Thus, a game can play with that expectation by offering up a worse ending or by adding something that turns a previously understandable series of events into one big Mind Screw, or admonishing the player (either by proxy or by Breaking the Fourth Wall) for thinking all that grinding would matter.

Source: Playing the Player

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