proxemics

English

Etymology

From prox- +‎ -emics (as in phonemics). Coined by American anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963.

Noun

proxemics (uncountable)

1. The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
   • 2007, Thomas N. Ingram, Professional Selling: A Trust-Based Approach‎^[1], page 123:

     Proxemics refers to the personal distance that individuals prefer to keep between themselves and other individuals and is an important element of nonverbal communication.

Hypernyms

• nonverbal communication

Coordinate terms

• chronemics
• haptics
• kinesics
• vocalics

Derived terms

• proxemical

Translations

study

• French: proxémie (fr) f
• German: Proxemik (de) f
• Italian: prossemica (it) f
• Portuguese: proxêmica (pt) f (Brazil), proxémica f (Portugal)
• Sicilian: prussèmica f
• Spanish: proxemia f, proxémica (es) f

Further reading

• proxemics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia