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proxemical

proxemical adjective: relating to proxemics, the effects of physical distance between people.

Adjective

proxemical (comparative more proxemical, superlative most proxemical)

  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 of proxemical

comparativemore proxemical
superlativemost proxemical

Origin of proxemical

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

Questions about proxemical

What does proxemical mean?
Proxemical means relating to proxemics, the effects of physical distance between people.
What part of speech is proxemical?
Proxemical is an adjective.

Words near proxemical in the dictionary

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

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