expectative / (linguistics) A verb form in some native American languages that implies expectation of an action, as opposed to the report of an action or a general statement about the type of action.

plural of expecter

Relating to expectation.

plural of expectative

plural of expecting

Obsolete form of expectable.

plural of expectant

Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent

(economics) The proposition that a long-term interest rate is determined purely by current and future expected short-term rates, so that the expected final value of wealth from investing in a sequence of short-term bonds equals the final value of wealth from investing in long-term bonds.

A form of racial discrimination where certain racial groups are held to lower standards because of an implicit belief that they are less capable.