Definition of "proxemics" []

• The study of the cultural, behavioral, and sociological aspects of spatial distances between individuals. (noun)

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• "The anthropologist, Edward Hall, coined the word "proxemics" to describe phenomena like territoriality among office workers."
• "Hall developed observations like this into a field called proxemics, the analysis of how human beings collectively inhabit space."
• "This skill set, referred to as proxemics, provides another clear example of a Zero Order Skill."