EXPECTEDNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does expectedness mean? 

• EXPECTEDNESS (noun)
  The noun EXPECTEDNESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being that is commonly observed

2. ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising

  Familiarity information: EXPECTEDNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPECTEDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being that is commonly observed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

commonness; expectedness

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)

Sense 2

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)