English Explanatory Dictionary

proxemics

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.

Word forms

proxemics

Etymology

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

Derived words

proxemical
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