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fa·mil·i·ar·i·ty

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–noun, plural -ties.

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: 1350–1400; ME familiarite (< AF) < L familiāritās intimacy. See familiar, -ity

]

—Synonyms 3. unconstraint. 4. liberty, freedom, license.

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fa·mil·iar·i·ty Audio Help (fə-mĭl'yār'ĭ-tē, -mĭl'ē-ār'-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fa·mil·iar·i·ties

Considerable acquaintance with.
Established friendship; intimacy.
1. An excessively familiar or informal act; an impropriety.
2. A sexual advance.
The quality or condition of being familiar.

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familiarity
noun
1.	personal knowledge or information about someone or something [syn: acquaintance]
2.	usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known [ant: strangeness]
3.	close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"
4.	a casual manner [syn: casualness]
5.	an act of undue intimacy

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faˌmiliˈarity1 [-liˈӕ-] noun — plural faˌmiliˈarities

the state of being familiar
Example: I was surprised by her familiarity with our way of life.

Arabic:	إلْمام بِ، حُسْن إطِّلاع عَلى
Chinese (Simplified):	熟悉
Chinese (Traditional):	熟悉
Czech:	obeznámenost
Danish:	fortrolighed
Dutch:	bekendheid
Estonian:	tundmine
Finnish:	perehtyneisyys
French:	familiarité
German:	die Vertrautheit
Greek:	οικειότητα
Hungarian:	jártasság
Icelandic:	það að þekkja vel til

Italian:	familiarità
Japanese:	よく知っていること
Latvian:	laba pārzināšana
Lithuanian:	nusimanymas
Norwegian:	fortrolighet
Polish:	znajomość
Portuguese (Brazil):	familiaridade
Portuguese (Portugal):	familiaridade
Russian:	близкое знакомство
Slovak:	oboznámenosť
Slovenian:	poznavanje
Spanish:	familiaridad
Turkish:	tanıma, bilme

faˌmiliˈarity2 [-liˈӕ-] noun

an act of (too) friendly behaviour
Example: You must not allow such familiarities.

Arabic:	أُلْفَه، دالَّه، تَجاوُز اللياقَه
Chinese (Simplified):	亲昵
Chinese (Traditional):	親昵
Czech:	důvěrnost
Danish:	familiaritet
Dutch:	gemeenzaamheid
Estonian:	familiaarsus
Finnish:	tungettelu
French:	familiarité
German:	die Vertraulichkeit
Greek:	υπερβολική οικειότητα
Hungarian:	bizalmaskodás
Icelandic:	kumpánlegheit, óformlegheit

Italian:	familiarità
Japanese:	なれなれしさ
Latvian:	familiaritāte
Lithuanian:	familiarumas
Norwegian:	nærgåenhet, taktløshet
Polish:	poufałość
Portuguese (Brazil):	intimidade
Portuguese (Portugal):	familiaridade, *intimidade, confiança
Russian:	фамильярность
Slovak:	dôvernosť
Slovenian:	zaupnost
Spanish:	familiaridad
Turkish:	lâubalilik

See also: familiarize, familiarise, familiar

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