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proxemical en · ADJ

Etymology

From prox- (“proximity, nearness”) + -eme + -ic + -al. Clipping of proximity + modeling on phonemics. See also proxemics.

Meanings

  1. Relating to proxemics, the effects of physical distance between people.
    • Also included in this definition of gestural space are the proxemical relations between performers. […] The distance between performers, or the way they approach one another, might convey something of the understanding between them. 2009, Joslin McKinney, Philip Butterworth, The Cambridge Introduction to Scenography, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN:

Forms

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more proxemical Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most proxemical Degree=Sup lexicographic