单词 | over-familiarity |
释义 | over-familiarityn. The quality or state of being over-familiar; excessive or undue familiarity; (also occasionally) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] > disrespect by undue familiarity familiarityc1410 particularity1591 freedoma1625 over freedom1668 over-familiarity1676 1676 G. Towerson Explic. Decalogue 74 The extreme in excess, which is an over~familiarity with our Maker. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. v. 93 A manner calculated to repel over-familiarity, to win esteem, and to command respect. 1862 C. J. Vaughan Triple Vail in Bk. & Life 12 The ignorance of over-familiarity must be grappled with even like that of non-acquaintance. 1897 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 2 832 Ceremoniousness is..well suited to curb over-familiarity and keep others at a distance. 1940 W. Lewis in Kenyon Rev. 2 201 Overfamiliarity with the unfamiliar is the most boring kind of familiarity. 1976 Listener 12 Aug. 183/4 An..example of over-familiarity was provided by Wednesday's broadcast performance of Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony. 1988 D. Madden Birds of Innocent Wood iii. 42 The middle-aged woman behind the desk betrayed the low status of the hotel by her over-familiarity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1676 |
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