familiarity

IPA: fʌmɪɫjˈɛrʌti

The state of being extremely friendly; intimacy.
Undue intimacy; inappropriate informality, impertinence.
An instance of familiar behaviour.
Close or habitual acquaintance with someone or something; understanding or recognition acquired from experience.

Examples of "familiarity" in Sentences

The third reason is familiarity.
Where familiarity is based on experience, we might not care much.
She knows how to coach and her name familiarity could help her with recruiting.
Be wary if the therapist indicates that such familiarity is irrelevant to treatment.
Q: Rational if you want to minimize risk; following familiarity is a way to minimize risk.
One of the powerful, deep-seated cognitive biases that doomed Carruthers is called the "familiarity heuristic."
And – and this I do know from research – familiarity is one of THE key factors in making a purchase at a store (e.g. “Hey, I recognize that book cover!”).
While the movie told the vast majority of the story through the eyes of Arthur Dent, schlubby English nobody, as a way of giving the viewing audience a point-of-view they could relate to and gain familiarity with during the fantastical events of the story.