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expectations game

expectations game noun: efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent.

Noun

expectations game (plural expectations games)

  1. Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent
    • "But at this point his team has fumbled the expectations game to the point where the governor will need to perform at a level well above anything we’ve seen from him to date if he wants to pull off the "W"."http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/28/the-debate-expectations-game.html

Forms of expectations game

pluralexpectations games

Questions about expectations game

What does expectations game mean?
Expectations game means efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent.
What part of speech is expectations game?
Expectations game is a noun.
What is the plural of expectations game?
The plural of expectations game is expectations games.

Words near expectations game in the dictionary

  1. expectationally
  2. expectationism
  3. expectationist
  4. expectationists
  5. expectations
  6. expectations game
  7. expectations games
  8. expectations hypothesis
  9. expectative
  10. expectative grace
  11. expectative graces

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