familiarity
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Behavioral-finance experts say this stems from the “endowment effect”: a psychological bias where we overvalue what we already own and confuse familiarity with financial security.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 23, 2026
The audience’s understanding of fright story rules and stock characters seasons the show’s sinister comedy, as it also draws on the audience’s familiarity with places like its titular town, whether by reputation or experience.
From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026
A mathematician may spend a career in discrete geometry without developing any familiarity with the sophisticated tools of algebraic number theory.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026
As soon as he stepped into Fox’s studio for a practice run, he said he felt an immediate sense of familiarity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
We have evolved an uneasy peace with them but there is the problem of familiarity.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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