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surprisingness

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Noun1.surprisingness - extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpectedsurprisingness - extraordinariness by virtue of being unexpected; "the unexpectedness of the warm welcome"
unexpectedness
extraordinariness - the quality of being extraordinary and not commonly encountered
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Merely novel structures display surprisingness and incongruity, to be sure, but they must also be meaningful and practicable to be effective.
Creativity and Cognition: Producing Effective Novelty' by Cropley, Arthur J. / Roeper Review
There is now considerable empirical evidence to corroborate the long-standing belief that aesthetic experiences, including those of preferred environments, seem to exhibit some combination of "diversity, structural complexity, novelty, incongruity, or surprisingness," in conjunction with some perceived order or resolution.
Saving the spirit of our places: a view on our built environment by Nivala, John / UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
 
 
 
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