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1. (n.) familiarity
thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
2. familiarity
the state of being familiar; friendly relationship; close acquaintance; intimacy.
3. familiarity
an absence of ceremony and formality; informality.
4. familiarity
freedom of behavior justified only by the closest relationship; undue intimacy; license.
5. familiarity
Often, familiarities. an instance of such freedom, as in action or speech.
6. familiarity
a sexual liberty or impropriety.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L)
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| Definition of 'familiarity' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancy
personal knowledge or information about someone or something
2. (noun) familiarity
usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known
3. (noun) familiarity, intimacy, closeness
close or warm friendship
"the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
4. (noun) casualness, familiarity
a casual manner
5. (noun) familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, liberty
an act of undue intimacy
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1. (noun) familiarity
the state of being familiar
the familiarity of the smell; her familiarity with the technology
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| Definition of 'familiarity' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) familiarity
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
2. (noun) familiarity
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
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