Definition of familiarity Familiarity
/fʌmɪˌljɛˈɹʌti/ - [fumilyerutee] - fa•mil•i•ar•i•ty
We found 13 definitions of familiarity from 5 different sources.
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What does familiarity mean?
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NounPlural: familiarities |
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| familiarity - usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known | ||
| unfamiliarity, strangeness unusualness as a consequence of not being well known | ||
| familiar having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship; "on familiar terms"; "pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders" | ||
| usualness commonness by virtue of not being unusual | ||
| familiarity - close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy" | ||
| intimacy, closeness | ||
| friendliness a friendly disposition | ||
| familiarity - an act of undue intimacy | ||
| impropriety, indecorum, liberty | ||
| familiarity - a casual manner | ||
| casualness | ||
| informality a manner that does not take forms and ceremonies seriously | ||
| familiarity - personal knowledge or information about someone or something | ||
| acquaintance, conversance, conversancy | ||
| information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- familiarity (Noun)
The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy. - familiarity (Noun)
Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence. - familiarity (Noun)
An instance of familiar behaviour. - familiarity (Noun)
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- familiarity (n.)
The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity. - familiarity (n.)
Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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familiarity
Familiarity breeds contempt.
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🔤- familiarity, noun, singular of familiarities.
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