Familiarity breeds contempt.
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Familiarity
//fəmɪˈljæɹɪti//
Synonyms for "familiarity" (118 found)
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impudenceinformalityinformalnessinformationinseparablenessinsolenceintelligenceintimacyintimate acquaintanceinwardnessirregularitykenknow howknow-howknowingknowledgelawlessnesslibertiesliberty abusedlicense
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licentiousnessloosenessmateynessnaturalnessnearnessoffhandednessopennesspallinessplainnesspractical knowledgepresumptionpresumptuousnessprivate knowledgeprivityratio cognoscendirelaxednessself-knowledgesimplicitysociabilitysociablenesssocial gracesocialityspecial affinitytechnictechnicstechniquetrafficunaffectednessunceremoniousnessunconstrainednessunconstraintunconventionalityunderstandingundue libertyunpretentiousnessurbanity
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33 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- близки отношения noun (close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability)
- интимност noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
- фамилиарност noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
Catalan
4 entries- confiança noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
- confiança noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
- confiança noun (close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability)
- familiaritat noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
French
3 entries- familiarité noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
- familiarité noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
- familiarité noun (an instance of familiar behaviour)
German
1 entries- Vertrautheit noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
Hebrew
4 entries- גסות noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
- גסות noun (an instance of familiar behaviour)
- היכרות קרובה noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
- מוכרות noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
Latin
1 entries- conversātiō noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
Middle English
1 entries- aqueyntaunce noun (close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability)
Portuguese
1 entries- familiaridade noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
Romanian
4 entries- familiaritate noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
- familiaritate noun (close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability)
- impertinență noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
- intimitate noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
Russian
2 entries- ознакомленность noun (close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability)
- фамильярность noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
Spanish
4 entries- familiaridad noun (an instance of familiar behaviour)
- familiaridad noun (close or habitual acquaintance with someone; recognizability)
- impertinencia noun (undue intimacy; impertinence)
- intimidad noun (the state of being extremely friendly; intimacy)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
On the one hand he is kind to everyone, but on the other hand he never behaves with too much familiarity.
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Familiarity breeds contempt and children.
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Intelligence is our ability to begin understanding (or adapting to) new information, regardless of past familiarity.
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