Familiarity definition
Close acquaintance (with something)
noun
Intimacy that is too bold or unwelcome.
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Familiarity is defined as knowledge of someone or something, or to a feeling of comfort and closeness with someone or something.
When you have heard of a brand of computer, this is an example of a familiarity with the computer.
When you have lunch with an old friend and fall back into the patterns of your past, this is an example of feeling a sense of familiarity.
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Established friendship or intimacy.
Cooperation that came easily because of the partners' familiarity.
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The quality of being known from past experience.
The familiarity of the buildings made us realize that we must be near the hotel.
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Improper or unduly intimate friendliness; forwardness.
Found the familiarity of the sales clerk offensive.
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An act characterized by forwardness.
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Close association; intimacy.
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Free and intimate behavior; absence of formality and ceremony.
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A highly intimate act, remark, etc.; often, specif., a caress or other act of sexual intimacy.
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Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
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Acquaintance with or knowledge of something.
I have little familiarity with that software program.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
familiarity
Plural:
familiaritiesOrigin of familiarity
- From Middle French familiarité, from Latin familiāritātem.
From Wiktionary