noun
- excessive or inappropriate closeness or informality in a relationship, especially one that should maintain professional or social distance
- the state of knowing something so well that it no longer seems interesting or special
Usage: uncountable noun; often used to describe behavior that crosses boundaries
Usage: uncountable noun
Examples
- The manager's overfamiliarity with employees made it difficult to maintain professional boundaries.
- Overfamiliarity with a song can make you tire of it quickly.
- She felt uncomfortable with his overfamiliarity on their first meeting.
- Repeated exposure led to overfamiliarity with the material, and he stopped finding it engaging.
- The coach was warned about overfamiliarity with the athletes under his supervision.
- Overfamiliarity breeds contempt, as the saying goes.