expectedness
State of being foreseen
Expectedness is the quality of being anticipated or unsurprising.
It measures how well something conforms to what was predicted: The expectedness of the outcome made the ending feel flat.
The word appears most often in technical or academic contexts, contrasting with unexpectedness to describe how routine or predictable an event or result is.
Regular sequence of actions
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
- repetitionAct of redoing
stability · reliability · dependability · sameness · monotony · inevitability · foregone conclusion · clockwork
Chance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- possibilityState of being achievable
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
certainty · uncertainty · prospect · potential · risk · contingency · eventuality · baseline
Expected behavioral standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- complianceAdhering to requirements
adherence · accordance · protocol · etiquette · mores · propriety · decorum · tradition
Ability to anticipate futures
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
foreknowledge · intuition · apprehension · preparation · readiness · vigilance · alertness · awaiting
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- regularityConsistent, predictable occurrence
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
- consistencyReliable adherence to standards
repetition · stability · reliability · dependability · sameness · monotony · inevitability · foregone conclusion · clockwork · unsurprising
likelihood
Chance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- possibilityState of being achievable
plausibility · certainty · uncertainty · prospect · potential · risk · contingency · eventuality · baseline · mean
norms
Expected behavioral standards
- standardsAccepted levels of quality
- conventionalityAdherence to accepted customs
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
compliance · adherence · accordance · protocol · etiquette · mores · propriety · decorum · tradition · custom
foresight
Ability to anticipate futures
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- prescienceKnowledge of future events
presentiment · foreknowledge · intuition · apprehension · preparation · readiness · vigilance · alertness · awaiting · watching
expectednessunexpectedness
State of being unanticipated
unpredictability · surprise · shock · unforeseeability · randomness
expectednessstrangeness
Quality of being peculiar
unusualness · extraordinariness · anomalousness · abnormality · oddness
expectednessunlikelihood
State of being improbable
unlikeliness · improbability · implausibility · inconceivability · unbelievability