Definitions for familiarity
fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti, -mɪlˈyær-fa·mil·iar·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. acquaintance, familiarity, conversance, conversancynoun

   personal knowledge or information about someone or something

2. familiaritynoun

   usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

3. familiarity, intimacy, closenessnoun

   close or warm friendship

   "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"

4. casualness, familiaritynoun

   a casual manner

5. familiarity, impropriety, indecorum, libertynoun

   an act of undue intimacy

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. familiaritynoun

   The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.

2. familiaritynoun

   Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.

3. familiaritynoun

   An instance of familiar behaviour.

4. familiaritynoun

   Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.

5. Etymology: From familiarité, from familiaritatem.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Familiaritynoun

   Etymology: familiarité, French, from familiar.

   1. Easiness of conversation; omission of ceremony; affability.2. Acquaintance; habitude.

   We contract at last such an intimacy and familiarity with them, as makes it difficult and irksome for us to call off our minds. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

   3. Easy intercourse.

   They say any mortals may enjoy the most intimate familiarities with these gentle spirits. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Familiaritynoun

   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. Familiaritynoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Informality
   • Information
   • Misbehavior
   • Usualness

How to pronounce familiarity?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of familiarity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of familiarity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of familiarity in a Sentence

1. Frank Straub:

   Owning a firearm and being able to deploy a firearm in a safe manner requires not only familiarity with the weapon system but also a level of proficiency.

2. William McCants:

   A lot of it was hastily composed and it's written by people who often don't have a long familiarity with the group.

3. J. William Galbraith:

   Familiarity may breed contempt in some areas of human behavior, but in the field of social ideas it is the touchstone of acceptability.

4. Lana Wachowski:

   The summer is built around familiarity, many cultural critics who shape awareness for films are obsessed with sequels and derivative material. They wildly crave it. That kind of environment is hostile to originality. It only makes space for derivative material and rejects originality. I think Warner Bros. was uncomfortable with that environment.

5. Tom Hanks:

   They have had the man in their life represented in so many different ways from, you know, with the familiarity of a Hershey's bar or Coca-Cola bottle to ways that I think really didn't do the man service or his artistry.

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