familiarity
21familiarity — n. (pl. ies) 1 the state of being well known (the familiarity of the scene). 2 (foll. by with) close acquaintance. 3 a close relationship. 4 a sexual intimacy. b (in pl.) acts of physical intimacy. 5 familiar or informal behaviour, esp.… …
22familiarity breeds contempt — phrase used for saying that you can stop respecting someone or something when you know them very well Thesaurus: disrespect and not showing respectsynonym Main entry: familiarity * * * proverb extensive knowledge of or close association with… …
23familiarity breeds contempt — This means that the more you know something or someone, the more you start to find faults and dislike things about it or them …
24familiarity breeds contempt — ► familiarity breeds contempt proverb extensive knowledge of or close association with someone or something leads to a loss of respect for them or it. Main Entry: ↑familiar …
25Familiarity heuristic — In psychology, a mental heuristic, or rule of thumb in which current behavior is judged to be correct based on how similar it is to past behavior and its outcomes. Individuals assume that the circumstances underlying the past behavior still hold… …
26familiarity breeds contempt — Cf. ST. AUGUSTINE Scala Paradisi 8 (Migne 40, col. 1001) vulgare proverbium est, quod nimia familiaritas parit contemptum, it is a common proverb, that too much familiarity breeds contempt. c 1386 CHAUCER Tale of Melibee 1. 1685 Men seyn that… …
27familiarity breeds contempt — a friend may dislike you if you do not respect his or her privacy Don t call Margaret Maggie. Remember, familiarity breeds contempt …
28Familiarity breeds contempt. — something that you say which means if you know someone very well or experience something a lot, you stop respecting them. You two are going to find it difficult living and working together. Familiarity breeds contempt, you know …
29familiarity — /feuh mil ee ar i tee, mil yar /, n., pl. familiarities. 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;… …
30familiarity — Synonyms and related words: Bohemianism, acquaintance, affability, affinity, amiability, assumption, awareness, boldness, casualness, chumminess, civility, closeness, clubbability, clubbishness, clubbism, cognition, cognizance, common touch,… …
