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expectedness

expectedness

5.6
How usual and not surprising something is
  • noun
  • /ɪkˈspɛktɪdnəs/
translation icon : esperabilidad
  • Researchers often measure the expectedness of a model's predictions to ensure accuracy.

Examples

  • Transparency is a similar notion to expectedness; this is a measure of how explainable the recommendation is.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The expectedness of her reaction to the news made it clear that she had already anticipated it.

  • Expectedness tells us how expected a given result is to a user.

    Academic text (2011)
  • (Of course, expectedness, just like other metrics, may vary from user to user.)

    Academic text (2011)
  • The axes are (a) expectedness (b) goodness.

    Academic text (2011)
  • However, in both cases, the male-male hug rated by men who were led to believe the hug was sexual received the lowest scores for expectedness and normalcy, whereas the female-female hugs rated by women in either the nonsexual attribution condition or the control condition were seen as the most normal and expected.

    Academic text (2000)
  • In storytelling, a plot twist's impact often relies on the expectedness of the preceding events.

Synonyms

normalcy
vsexpectedness
  • US
36 4.1

The usual state when life returns to the expected routine

emphasizes unsurprising quality rather than recovery or stability after change
normality
vsexpectedness
13 3.5

A time when things are usual and happen as expected

focuses on being unsurprising or ordinary rather than broad societal norms
ordinariness
vsexpectedness
3 4.1

A state of being usual and not special

highlights being unsurprising rather than only plainness
commonness
vsexpectedness
1 2.3

How often something is found or shared by many people

refers to being unsurprising or ordinary rather than just frequent presence
usualness
vsexpectedness
2.9

The state of being ordinary and like a normal routine

stresses lack of surprise or ordinary feeling rather than mere habit
unsurprise
vsexpectedness
9.3

A calm feeling because you already knew something would happen

describes the quality of being unsurprising itself rather than a personal reaction

Antonyms

A feeling of surprise when something happens that you did not know about

How Expected

inevitability
29 5.8
expectedness
5.6
surprise
1.0

Surface Forms

expectedness singular

Morphology

expectedness = expected (transparent) = expect + ed + ness

The adjective 'expected' (expect + -ed) straightforwardly forms the noun 'expectedness' by adding -ness to denote the state or quality of being expected.

Etymology

Expectedness comes from the verb expect, which means 'to look for' or 'to wait for', plus the noun ending -ness. So, expectedness is the quality of being what you thought would happen, or simply 'not surprising'.