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proxemics

proxemics noun: the study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.

Noun

proxemics (uncountable)

  1. 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

proxemics meaning in Tamil

proxemics in Tamil

நெருக்கனியல்

Origin of proxemics

From prox- (“proximity, nearness”) + -eme + -ic + -s. Clipping of proximity + modeling on phonemics. Coined by American anthropologist Edward T. Hall in 1963.

Words formed from proxemics

Questions about proxemics

What does proxemics mean?
Proxemics means the study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies.
What is proxemics in Tamil?
Proxemics in Tamil is நெருக்கனியல். See Proxemics meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is proxemics?
Proxemics is a noun.

Words near proxemics in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: proxemics (page history and authors); proxemics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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