expectancies
What's likely ahead
Expectancies is the plural of expectancy, which refers to what is anticipated or considered likely.
The term appears most often in technical contexts: life expectancies have increased dramatically over the past century.
In psychology, expectancies are beliefs about future outcomes that influence behavior: Students with high expectancies tend to perform better.
Positive expectations held
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
- possibilitiesThings that may occur
future · ambitions · goals · promise · likelihood · chances · odds · probability
Prediction of future conditions
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- calculationMathematical problem-solving process
extrapolation · probability · likelihood · modeling · speculation · conjecture · guesswork · prophecy
Intense willingness to act
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
impatience · curiosity · suspense · awaiting · yearning · desire · readiness · foreboding
Attitude or spatial rendering
- mindsetEstablished mental attitude
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- viewpointWay of seeing things
stance · sentiment · belief · assumption · perception · orientation · disposition · framework
hopes
Positive expectations held
- aspirationsDeeply held goals
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- opportunitiesFavorable times to act
possibilities · future · ambitions · goals · promise · likelihood · chances · odds · probability · outlook
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- estimationApproximate value judgment
calculation · extrapolation · probability · likelihood · modeling · speculation · conjecture · guesswork · prophecy · foresight
eagerness
Intense willingness to act
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
trepidation · impatience · curiosity · suspense · awaiting · yearning · desire · readiness · foreboding · preparation
perspective
Attitude or spatial rendering
- mindsetEstablished mental attitude
- attitudeSettled way of thinking
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
viewpoint · stance · sentiment · belief · assumption · perception · orientation · disposition · framework · interpretation
expectanciescertainties
Assured truths
guarantees · sure things · unknowns · uncertainties · doubts
expectanciesmemories
Stored past experiences
recollections · retrospections · hindsights · actualities · remembrances
expectanciesrealities
Things that exist
actualities · outcomes · results · realizations · facts
- life expectanciesPredicted years of survival
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