proxemical

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adjective

Relating to proxemics, the effects of physical distance between people.

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Meanings

adjectiveproxemical (comparative more proxemical, superlative most 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

Origin

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

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APA

proxemical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxemical

MLA

“proxemical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxemical. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proxemical,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proxemical.

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