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n. - An act of undue intimacy; Close or warm friendship; Usualness by virtue of being well known; A casual manner; Personal knowledge or information about someone or something.

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  • Where familiarity is based on experience, we might not care much.
  • Both sexes are present in the real world and dual familiarity is an advantage.
  • Your example of visiting parents as people who will crave familiarity is bizarre.
  • Be wary if the therapist indicates that such familiarity is irrelevant to treatment.
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