Familiarity
noun
The feeling of knowing something or someone well.
I have a certain familiarity with the company's system after working there for five years.
Often appears as...
- sense of familiarity
- familiarity with something
noun
The state of being friendly, especially on a regular basis.
There was a comforting familiarity between the two old friends.
Often appears as...
- lack of familiarity
- close familiarity
noun
An act or behavior that is unduly intimate or inappropriate.
He was taken aback by her familiarity.
Often appears as...
- unwanted familiarity
- avoid familiarity
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Disapproving
noun
The feeling of knowing something or someone well.
I have a certain familiarity with the company's system after working there for five years.
Often appears as...
- sense of familiarity
- familiarity with something
noun
The state of being friendly, especially on a regular basis.
There was a comforting familiarity between the two old friends.
Often appears as...
- lack of familiarity
- close familiarity
noun
An act or behavior that is unduly intimate or inappropriate.
He was taken aback by her familiarity.
Often appears as...
- unwanted familiarity
- avoid familiarity
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Level
Use 'familiarity' to express your level of experience and comfort with a topic or skill.
My familiarity with Spanish increases with every language course I take.
Pro Tip 2/3Frequency Matters
'Familiarity' often implies a regular interaction or exposure to something, leading to knowledge about it.
Living in Italy for a year, my familiarity with local customs grew.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Expertise
Having 'familiarity' with something doesn't always mean being an expert, but rather having a comfortable understanding.
Despite my familiarity with gardening, I'm no horticulturist.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Level
Use 'familiarity' to express your level of experience and comfort with a topic or skill.
My familiarity with Spanish increases with every language course I take.
Pro Tip 2/3Frequency Matters
'Familiarity' often implies a regular interaction or exposure to something, leading to knowledge about it.
Living in Italy for a year, my familiarity with local customs grew.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Expertise
Having 'familiarity' with something doesn't always mean being an expert, but rather having a comfortable understanding.
Despite my familiarity with gardening, I'm no horticulturist.
Pro Tip 1/3Experience Level
Use 'familiarity' to express your level of experience and comfort with a topic or skill.
My familiarity with Spanish increases with every language course I take.
Pro Tip 2/3Frequency Matters
'Familiarity' often implies a regular interaction or exposure to something, leading to knowledge about it.
Living in Italy for a year, my familiarity with local customs grew.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Expertise
Having 'familiarity' with something doesn't always mean being an expert, but rather having a comfortable understanding.
Despite my familiarity with gardening, I'm no horticulturist.
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The science of stage...
Practicing any task increases your familiarity and reduces anxiety, so when it's time to speak in public, you're confident in yourself and the task at hand. Steve Jobs rehearsed his epic speeches for hundreds of hours, starting weeks in advance. If you know what you're saying, you'll feed off the crowd's energy
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Expanding your mind with...
custom you know the habit dedenne's you know the film of familiarity and I think ah makes things new again and I think that's ultimately the best drug in the world that's the breakfast all ease salvation you said that once in an interview yes I did I just you know there was a recent article that I read
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Should we get rid of...
may do poorly, telling us more about the test taker's cultural familiarity than their academic learning. In these cases, the tests may need to be designed differently. Standardized tests can also have a hard time measuring abstract characteristics or skills,
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How we experience awe --...
You become morally judgmental. You become an extreme version of yourself. If you're a conservative, you become more conservative. If you're a liberal, you become more liberal. Because you go to a place of familiarity. The problem is that the world changes.
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
Sometimes I wish I had the eyes of a child. And by that I mean, I wish I could look at the world in the same as I did when I was a small boy. I think there is a danger, as we get older, that our curiosity becomes slightly muted or dulled by familiarity.
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Why did this Leopard...
Every time the young female came close to her, she was very hostile towards her. and the daughter was, you know, obviously not understanding what was going on and persisting and trying to make contact... that familiarity that she's so used to.
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Learning from dirty jobs...
They use a band, basically, a rubber band, like this, only a little smaller. This one was actually around the playing cards I got yesterday -- But it had a certain familiarity to it. And I said, "Well, what exactly is the process?"
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Deadly Snake Bite! PIPE...
ways and she's feeling that there is a bit of a danger even now for me working with these animals I mean I love them I empathize with them when I understand them and you know familiarity in this case drops my guard that's not good
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What makes life worth...
only a harsh, vacant, gleaming white desert. As if a sandstorm had erased all familiarity. I had to face my mortality and try to understand what made my life worth living,
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Nationalism vs....
that we are social animals, but that we are social on a very, very local level. It's just a simple fact of humanity that we cannot have intimate familiarity
Video examples
The science of stage...
Practicing any task increases your familiarity and reduces anxiety, so when it's time to speak in public, you're confident in yourself and the task at hand. Steve Jobs rehearsed his epic speeches for hundreds of hours, starting weeks in advance. If you know what you're saying, you'll feed off the crowd's energy
Video examples
Expanding your mind with...
custom you know the habit dedenne's you know the film of familiarity and I think ah makes things new again and I think that's ultimately the best drug in the world that's the breakfast all ease salvation you said that once in an interview yes I did I just you know there was a recent article that I read
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Should we get rid of...
may do poorly, telling us more about the test taker's cultural familiarity than their academic learning. In these cases, the tests may need to be designed differently. Standardized tests can also have a hard time measuring abstract characteristics or skills,
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How we experience awe --...
You become morally judgmental. You become an extreme version of yourself. If you're a conservative, you become more conservative. If you're a liberal, you become more liberal. Because you go to a place of familiarity. The problem is that the world changes.
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Mind-blowing, magnified...
Sometimes I wish I had the eyes of a child. And by that I mean, I wish I could look at the world in the same as I did when I was a small boy. I think there is a danger, as we get older, that our curiosity becomes slightly muted or dulled by familiarity.
Video examples
Why did this Leopard...
Every time the young female came close to her, she was very hostile towards her. and the daughter was, you know, obviously not understanding what was going on and persisting and trying to make contact... that familiarity that she's so used to.
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
They use a band, basically, a rubber band, like this, only a little smaller. This one was actually around the playing cards I got yesterday -- But it had a certain familiarity to it. And I said, "Well, what exactly is the process?"
Video examples
Deadly Snake Bite! PIPE...
ways and she's feeling that there is a bit of a danger even now for me working with these animals I mean I love them I empathize with them when I understand them and you know familiarity in this case drops my guard that's not good
Video examples
What makes life worth...
only a harsh, vacant, gleaming white desert. As if a sandstorm had erased all familiarity. I had to face my mortality and try to understand what made my life worth living,
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
that we are social animals, but that we are social on a very, very local level. It's just a simple fact of humanity that we cannot have intimate familiarity
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Lupita Nyong'o
Mexican Actress
What fame does is there is an illusion of familiarity that is cast into the world. So it's about negotiating with that illusion because, oftentimes, you encounter people who have encountered you, but you haven't encountered them. It's a little weird to find your footing.
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Wesley Morris
American Critic
One result of moviemaking - and a side effect of moviegoing - is familiarity. If an actor is particularly good, familiarity opens into something deeper: care, concern, identification, empathy. Yet even those concepts can feel inadequate for some actors.
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Rashid Johnson
American Photographer
As an artist, I've always felt most comfortable outside of the art supply store. So domestic materials are the ones that most help inform what I'm trying to talk about and our familiarity as a whole - kind of the collective us, I guess.
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Matthew Underwood
American Actor
Though some choices may slow our journey, every path we take gives us more familiarity with how our actions affect the world around us, giving us more opportunities to learn how to help ourselves and others.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world.
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Louise Nurding
British Musician
I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity.
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Julianne Moore
American Actress
My upbringing has given me sympathy for the idea of isolation and what it is to be a new person in the room, where everyone else has some amount of familiarity and comfort.
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Roy Choi
South Korean Chef
When you have parents that come from a country that you weren't raised in, you feel this weird sense of familiarity, like you've returned to something.
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Saskya Pandita
Leader
Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.
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Martin Freeman
English Actor
Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.
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Lupita Nyong'o
Mexican Actress
What fame does is there is an illusion of familiarity that is cast into the world. So it's about negotiating with that illusion because, oftentimes, you encounter people who have encountered you, but you haven't encountered them. It's a little weird to find your footing.
Quote examples
Wesley Morris
American Critic
One result of moviemaking - and a side effect of moviegoing - is familiarity. If an actor is particularly good, familiarity opens into something deeper: care, concern, identification, empathy. Yet even those concepts can feel inadequate for some actors.
Quote examples
Rashid Johnson
American Photographer
As an artist, I've always felt most comfortable outside of the art supply store. So domestic materials are the ones that most help inform what I'm trying to talk about and our familiarity as a whole - kind of the collective us, I guess.
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Matthew Underwood
American Actor
Though some choices may slow our journey, every path we take gives us more familiarity with how our actions affect the world around us, giving us more opportunities to learn how to help ourselves and others.
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Gavin Newsom
American Politician
Accessing capital to start a business can be a daunting process, especially for entrepreneurs who start out with a great idea, but have no real familiarity with the business world.
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Louise Nurding
British Musician
I used to think you should keep on experimenting and seeing new things. But after seeing a lot of the world, I now tend to return to the same spots. I enjoy the familiarity.
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Julianne Moore
American Actress
My upbringing has given me sympathy for the idea of isolation and what it is to be a new person in the room, where everyone else has some amount of familiarity and comfort.
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Roy Choi
South Korean Chef
When you have parents that come from a country that you weren't raised in, you feel this weird sense of familiarity, like you've returned to something.
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Saskya Pandita
Leader
Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity.
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Martin Freeman
English Actor
Like any friendship or marriage, familiarity breeds more contempt, and love, and everything.
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