English
expectationism
From expectation + -ism.
Formed from expectation + -ism
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see, to look, to observe’
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Latin spectō ‘to look at’
Latin exspectō ‘expect’
Latin exspectātiō ‘expectation, waiting’
Middle French expectation
English expectation
Today it means
noun A policy of expecting something to happen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / expectationism