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surprisal
 

Definitions from WordNet

Noun surprisal has 1 sense
  1. surprise, surprisal - the act of surprising someone
    --1 is a kind of disruption, perturbation
    Derived forms: verb surprise2, verb surprise1

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Surprisal

Definition:

Surprisal refers to the measure of the amount of surprise or unexpectedness caused by an event, outcome, or information.

Possible Parts of Speech:

  • Noun

Sense:

  1. The quality of being surprising or unexpected.

Usages:

  • I experienced a great deal of surprisal when I opened the gift.
  • Her reaction was full of surprisal when she heard the news.
  • The magician's trick left the audience in surprisal.
  • The sudden plot twist in the movie took everyone by surprisal.

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