noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
familiarity breeds contempt (= used to say that if you know someone very well, you may respect them less )
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
easy
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This is the easy familiarity of school children of all ages with the drug culture.
■ VERB
breed
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It also ensures that omissions are not made simply because you have dictated the letter so often that familiarity has bred contempt.
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The United States has usually been an exception to the rule that familiarity breeds contempt.
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For them, familiarity has bred contempt.
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By then we had evolved beyond the comforting comedy of repeated formulas, where familiarity bred content.
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I see them every day and familiarity doesn't breed contempt so much as disgust in me.
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A major difficulty with such a test is that familiarity may breed tolerance rather than contempt.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It assumed not only a familiarity with Western thought but, as well, a sophistication in reading a theoretically rich argument.
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The effect, however, is not repetition but familiarity .
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The warm familiarity was back, and they appeared to find pleasure and amusement in each other's company.
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These activities bridge the gap in comprehension and familiarity that the interface creates.