social distancing en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsəʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ˈsoʊʃəl ˌdɪstən(t)sɪŋ/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(uncountable) The practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases by isolating those with such diseases in quarantines, maintaining space between individuals, and prohibiting certain activities.
A huge crowd—visibly not observing social distancing—turned up Friday at the birthday community pantry organized by actress Angel Locsin in Quezon City.
2021, Neil Arwin Mercado, “Death, huge crowd shut down Angel Locsin’s birthday community pantry”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer:All I spot are lots of anglers on the canal at Wigan, indulging in a sport where social distancing is de rigueur!
2020 November 4, Paul Bigland, “At no point have I felt unsafe...”, in Rail, page 47:Nonpharmaceutical interventions outside of healthcare settings focus on measures to 1) limit international spread of the virus (e.g., travel screening and restrictions); 2) reduce spread within national and local populations (e.g., isolation and treatment of ill persons; monitoring and possible quarantine of exposed persons; and social distancing measures, such as cancellation of mass gatherings and closure of schools); 3) reduce an individual person’s risk for infection (e.g., hand hygiene); and 4) communicate risk to the public.
2006, World Health Organization Writing Group, “Nonpharmaceutical Interventions for Pandemic Influenza, International Measures”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 12, number 1, →DOI, page 81:Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg, president of the Institute of Medicine, the medical arm of the National Academy of Sciences, was more pessimistic. “We’re completely unprepared,” Dr. Fineberg said, adding that if an epidemic struck in the next year, the quarantine-based strategy called social distancing “is likely to be all we’re going to have as a strategy.”
2006 February 6, Donald McNeil Jr., “States and Cities Lag in Bird Flu Readiness”, in The New York Times:The Governor of an affected State implements isolation and/or social-distancing requirements using State/local legal authorities.
2004, United States Department of Homeland Security, “Biological Incident Annex”, in National Response Plan, page 7:A spokesman confirmed that work would continue on projects such as the construction of a grade-separated junction at Werrington [...] where compliance with government advice and "social distancing can be guaranteed".
2020 April 8, “Network News: Crossrail heads the construction projects placed on hold”, in Rail, page 12:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| social-distancing | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
lockdown · shelter in place · confinement · cordon sanitaire · NPI · quarantine · sequestration · isolation · non-pharmaceutical intervention
Descendants
Relateds
social distance · socially distant
Synonyms
Translations (76)
fi sosiaalinen etäännyttäminen (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · de soziale Distanzierung (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ko 사회적(社會的) 거리(距離)두기 (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · pa ਸਰੀਰਕ ਦੂਰੀ (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nl sociale onthouding (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · et sotsiaalne distantseerumine (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · fr distanciation sociale (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · it distanziamento sociale (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ms penjarakan sosial (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ca distanciació social (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · es distanciamiento físico (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · cs sociální distancování (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · cmn 保持社交距離 /保持社交距离 (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · gd astrachadh sòisealta (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · de räumliche Distanzierung (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · bn শারীরিক দূরত্ব (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ro distanțare socială (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · vi khoảng cách xã giao (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · gu શારીરિક દૂરી (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · pt distanciamento social (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · es distanciamiento social (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · el κοινωνική απομάκρυνση (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · hu társasági távolságtartás (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nn sosial distansering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ga scaradh sóisialta (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nb sosial distansering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · fa فاصلهگذاری اجتماعی (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · eu urruntze sozial (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · hu szociális távolságtartás (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · sq distancë shoqërore (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · mr शारीरिक अंतर (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · bg обществена дистанция (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · fr distanciation physique (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nn fysisk distansering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · de räumliche Trennung (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · af sosiale distansiëring (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · yi סאָציאַלע דיסטאַנצירונג (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · da fysisk distancering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · pl dystansowanie społeczne (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ja ソーシャルディスタンス (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · hu társas távolságtartás (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · vi khoảng cách xã hội (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · kmr dûrxistina civakî (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · fr éloignement social (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · fr éloignement physique (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ja 社会距離拡大戦略 (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · mk друштвено растојание (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · he ריחוק חברתי (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · km ការរក្សាចម្ងាយពីគ្នា (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · de Social Distancing (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nn fysisk avstand (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · yue 保持社交距離 /保持社交距离 (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ms penjarakan fizikal (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · as শাৰীৰিক দূৰত্ব (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · vi sự cách ly xã hội (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ka სოციალური დისტანცირება (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · da fysisk afstand (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · vi sự giãn cách xã hội (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · hi शारीरिक दूरी (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · vi sự cách ly vật lý (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ru социа́льное дистанци́рование (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nb fysisk avstand (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · bg социална дистанция (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · da social distancering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · sv social distansering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · nb fysisk distansering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ca distanciament social (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ml സാമൂഹിക അകലം (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · th การเว้นระยะห่างทางสังคม (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · id jaga jarak sosial (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · sv fysisk distansering (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · tr sosyal mesafe (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · is samskiptafjarlægð (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · hu közösségi távolságtartás (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · az sosial məsafələşmə (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases) · ta சமூக இடைவெளி (practice of maintaining physical distance between people to reduce the spread of communicable diseases)