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familiarity

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The state of being familiar; intimate and frequent converse, or association; unconstrained intercourse; freedom from ceremony and constraint; intimacy; as, to live in remarkable familiarity.

Anything said or done by one person to another unceremoniously and without constraint; esp., in the pl., such actions and words as propriety and courtesy do not warrant; liberties.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Familiarity breeds contempt, while rarity wins admiration. Apuleius

Familiarity breeds contempt. Aesop

Familiarity breeds contempt - and children. Mark Twain

Familiarity is like the sea that kills the fisherman. Kiganda Proverb

Familiarity breeds contempt. English Proverb

Familiarity breeds contempt; distance breeds respect. Nigerian Proverb

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