proxemics

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Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
25
Letters
9

Definition of proxemics

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
    “Proxemics refers to the personal distance that individuals prefer to keep between themselves and other individuals and is an important element of nonverbal communication.”

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Etymology

From prox- (“proximity, nearness”) + -eme + -ic + -s. Clipping of proximity + modeling on phonemics. Coined by American anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963.

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2 words

7-letter words

8 words

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5-letter words

92 words

4-letter words

61 words

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