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proxemic

proxemic adjective: of or relating to proxemics.

Adjective

proxemic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to proxemics.
    • Begger and lord, Odysseus, in carefully constructed sequence, passes through Hall's four proxemic, or social distances: public (nonacquainted) beggar, social guest of Eumaios, personal friend of Penelope, and, revealed at last as Odysseus, Penelope's husband and intimate bedmate.1995, Donald Lateiner, Sardonic Smile: Nonverbal Behavior in Homeric Epic, page 120

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Questions about proxemic

What does proxemic mean?
Proxemic means of or relating to proxemics.
What part of speech is proxemic?
Proxemic is an adjective.

Words near proxemic in the dictionary

  1. Prowseton
  2. prox
  3. prox-
  4. prox.
  5. proxazole
  6. proxemic
  7. proxemical
  8. proxemically
  9. proxemics
  10. proxenet
  11. proxenetism

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