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Anticipation
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<p>Anticipation is an <a href="/facts/Emotion/kvAr22wa">emotion</a> involving pleasure or anxiety in considering or awaiting an <a href="/facts/Expectation_(epistemic)/Llh1sS9a">expected event</a>. Anticipatory emotions include <a href="/facts/Fear/BSzreRdS">fear</a>, <a href="/facts/Anxiety/Geekl883">anxiety</a>, <a href="/facts/Hope/LfgdIHwV">hope</a> and <a href="/facts/Trust_(social_science)/bCpS9Yxg">trust</a>. When the anticipated event fails to occur, it results in <a href="/facts/Disappointment/JS6E8E43">disappointment</a> (for a positive event) or <a href="/facts/Relief_(emotion)/246PQB5s">relief</a> (for a negative one). </p>