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hyperfamiliarity

hyperfamiliarity noun: the quality of being extremely familiar.

Noun

hyperfamiliarity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being extremely familiar.
  2. A symptom of certain disorders of the brain where the patient finds everybody or everything familiar, even if not actually known.

Origin of hyperfamiliarity

From hyper- + familiarity.

Questions about hyperfamiliarity

What does hyperfamiliarity mean?
Hyperfamiliarity means the quality of being extremely familiar.
What part of speech is hyperfamiliarity?
Hyperfamiliarity is a noun.

Words near hyperfamiliarity in the dictionary

  1. hyperfactorial
  2. hyperfactorials
  3. hyperfair
  4. hyperfairness
  5. hyperfamiliar
  6. hyperfamiliarity
  7. hyperfancy
  8. hyperfast
  9. hyperfastidious
  10. hyperfem
  11. hyperfeminine

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