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Numerous authors have developed intuitionistic fuzzy similarity operators (IFSOs) but with some setbacks, which include imprecise results, omission of hesitation information, misleading interpretations, and outright violations of metric axioms of similarity operator. To this end, this article presents a newly developed similarity operator under IFSs to ameliorate the itemized setbacks noticed with the hitherto similarity operators. To buttress the validity of the new similarity operator, we discuss its properties in alliance with the truisms of similarity. In addition, we discuss some complex decision-making situations involving car purchase selection process, pattern recognition, and emergency management using the new similarity operator based on multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) technique and recognition principle, respectively. Finally, comparative studies are presented to argue the justification of the new similarity operator. 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