proxemics en · NOUN
Etymology
From prox- (“proximity, nearness”) + -eme + -ic + -s. Clipping of proximity + modeling on phonemics. Coined by American anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963.
Meanings
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(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.
2007, Thomas N. Ingram, Professional Selling: A Trust-Based Approach, page 123:
Coordinates
vocalics · chronemics · kinesics · haptics
Deriveds
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Translations (8)
pt proxémica (study) · es proxémica (study) · it prossemica (study) · fr proxémie (study) · pt proxêmica (study) · scn prussèmica (study) · de Proxemik (study) · es proxemia (study)