Familiarity - is it bad or good? Meaning, synonyms and examples

Today, let's talk about what is known to almost everyone. Familiarity is our theme. Let's consider, whether such familiarity is harmless, we will select synonyms and examples.

Value

We do not go into the sea of unknown words without our compass and lantern in one person - an explanatory dictionary. And he tells us that the value of the object under consideration is the following: "Disrespectful, familiar attitude to those who demand respect, to the elders."

The example is quite simple. For example, imagine that some teacher is called Ekaterina Ivanovna, and here is Vasily's student and says: "Hello, Katya, what are you doing?" It's a little embarrassing, is not it? This is familiarity as it is.

What does the example teach? The fact that you always need to keep a distance. And it's not just about age, but about the position of a person, in his, perhaps, changed notions of life. Suppose someone was studying with someone in the same class, but 20 years have passed, and one is working at a factory, and another is running a small car rental company. Theoretically, classmates, of course, can meet, slap one another on the shoulder and embrace, and then go to the nearest tavern, but this is possible if each of them agrees to communicate without ceremony, and if not? Familiarity is not always vulgarity, sometimes sincerity expresses itself, but agreement between the parties is needed.

Woland and Margarita

Literally a small episode from the epoch-making novel, whose name is unnecessarily mentioned, because the actors speak for themselves. Do you remember the moment when Margarita appeared at the Prince of Darkness Ball to perform the role of queen and mistress of the celebration? This event preceded the conversation between the girl and the devil. Seeing the guest, Woland already wanted to cancel his game of chess with Behemoth, but Margarita categorically forbade doing it. But this was a test, which mistress of the master was not without difficulty with the help of Koroviev.

Then Woland himself offered to communicate with him "without ceremony," but Margarita still maintained a respectful distance with the spirit of evil and did the right thing, because the opposite behavior is fraught. And in that situation it was so easy to slip to familiarity, but it would be unfortunate for a guest. But she showed wisdom.

What does the example teach? If the elders allow you to drop the ceremonies, this does not mean that you have to reduce the distance, turning into a pig. What does the pigs have to do with it? All will clear up slightly below.

Synonyms

Familiarity is what we are talking about today. Let us turn to the words-substitutions, which will help us understand more precisely the meaning of the phenomenon under consideration. Here they are:

• bonhomie;
• Impudence;
• Liberty;
• disrespect;
• familiarity.

Remember, we promised to return to friends who are like pigs? The fact is that amicoscience is a synonym for familiarity, which is translated from French as follows: "friends as pigs" or "pig friends".

Is it worth it to take chances?

Of course not. In general, with teachers, even former ones, you should not break subordination, because you can earn a reputation over the years, and spray at a time. Familiarity is a phenomenon, as it is looked at, rather disgusting and inappropriate than good and good.

Want to show people their location, love and respect - respect him, nothing else is needed. Of course, sometimes you need to switch to "your people" mode, but this option should not be turned on automatically when you see a certain person, even if you are sure that everything will be in place and the catastrophe will not happen.

Bernard Shaw claimed that only the tailor acted wisely, because he takes measurements every time when he sees a person. But the rest of the people are not so resourceful, they try to squeeze others into their ideas, and then get offended when they do not want to match. This is a common mistake, do not repeat it and, of course, learn from the classics.

And yes, who will need synonyms for familiarity, see the list given above, for there are no other replacements.