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anticipation
anticipation In historical psychology, anticipation means either a mental state of readiness for something expected to happen, or a voluntary response made before the stimulus actually appears.
In historical psychology, anticipation means either a mental state of readiness for something expected to happen, or a voluntary response made before the stimulus actually appears. The term can thus refer both to expectant awareness and to an early reaction observed before an event.