familiarising
Making oneself comfortable
Familiarising is the British spelling of familiarizing—the act of making someone or oneself acquainted with something: She spent the afternoon familiarising herself with the new software.
The process involves repeated exposure until something unfamiliar becomes known or comfortable.
Altering to correct
- acclimatizingAdjusting to new conditions
- accustomingMaking gradually comfortable
- orientingDetermining one's position
- settlingReaching resolution or rest
acquainting · introducing · naturalizing · attuning · onboarding · transitioning · adapting · assimilating
Deliberate learning effort
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- educatingTeaching or training someone
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- teachingProfession of instructing others
tutoring · briefing · instructing · informing · enlightening · apprenticing · researching · memorizing
Learned behavioral adaptation
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- routinizingMaking into routine
- normalizingMaking conform to norms
ingraining · entrenching · establishing · reinforcing · practicing · drilling · customizing · embedding
adjusting
Altering to correct
- acclimatizingAdjusting to new conditions
- accustomingMaking gradually comfortable
- orientingDetermining one's position
settling · acquainting · introducing · naturalizing · attuning · onboarding · transitioning · adapting · assimilating · integrating
studying
Deliberate learning effort
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- educatingTeaching or training someone
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
teaching · tutoring · briefing · instructing · informing · enlightening · apprenticing · researching · memorizing · absorbing
conditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
- desensitizingReducing responsiveness to stimulus
- repeatingOccurring more than once
- routinizingMaking into routine
normalizing · ingraining · entrenching · establishing · reinforcing · practicing · drilling · customizing · embedding · internalizing
familiarisingestranging
Causing emotional separation
alienating · confusing · mystifying · obscuring · bewildering
familiarisingdisorienting
Causing loss of direction
disorientating · confusing · bewildering · confounding · unsettling
familiarisingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
avoiding · neglecting · shunning · disregarding · overlooking
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