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overfamiliarity

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Definition of overfamiliarity word

  • noun overfamiliarity The state of being overfamiliar. 1

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Parts of speech for Overfamiliarity

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

overfamiliarity popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for overfamiliarity

noun overfamiliarity

  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • boldness — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
  • brazenness — shameless or impudent: brazen presumption.
  • candor — Candor is the quality of speaking honestly and openly about things.
  • directness — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.

Antonyms for overfamiliarity

noun overfamiliarity

  • difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
  • humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
  • captivity — Captivity is the state of being kept imprisoned or enclosed.
  • communism — advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
  • confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.

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