EXPECTEDNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

Meaning:

The state of being that is commonly observed

Synonyms:

commonness; expectedness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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)