Definitions for familiarity

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familiarity fa·mil·i·ar·i·ty

Spelling: [fuh-mil-ee-ar-i-tee, -mil-yar-]

IPA: /fəˌmɪl iˈær ɪ ti, -mɪlˈyær-/

Familiarity is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 388 anagrams from letters in familiarity (aafiiilmrty).

Definitions for familiarity

noun

1. thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
2. the state of being familiar; friendly relationship; close acquaintance; intimacy.
3. an absence of ceremony and formality; informality.
4. freedom of behavior justified only by the closest relationship; undue intimacy.
5. Often, familiarities. an instance of such freedom, as in action or speech.
6. a sexual liberty or impropriety.

Origin of familiarity

1350-1400; Middle English familiarite (Anglo-French) Latin familiāritās intimacy. See familiar, -ity

Examples for familiarity

The difference is one of familiarity and choice not law or logic.

And there is definitely something to finding solace in food, familiarity, and memory.

In order to prove this, let us consider the evils produced by this familiarity.

And his carelessness might have been due to the familiarity of the trail to the pool.

Just a touch of familiarity was the sole indication that we were not grown men.

familiarity with search-engines helps, a strange quirk of working in this retro medium.

Talking about death is never easy, but with food, comfort, and familiarity, a new kind of dinner party is making it easier.

I had often called her by her Christian name, but she had never accepted the familiarity.

There was no familiarity of manner there; the clerks liked him, but they had to defer to him and obey him.

Living in a society openly governed by force with those who have demonstrated their familiarity with it increases the danger.