proxemicadj.
/prɒkˈsiːmɪk/, U.S. /prɑkˈsimɪk/ Sociology.
Of or relating to proxemics.
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social-historical1858
biosociological1894
psychosociological1900
sociobiological1904
sociotechnical1920
proxemic1963
social constructionist1967
social constructivist1982
1963 E. T. Hall in Amer. Anthropologist 65 1003 (title) A system for the notation of proxemic behavior.
1971 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 June 653/4 In man ‘proxemic’ behaviour ranges from the distance two people maintain while engaged in conversation or the way a group of people arrange themselves, to architecture and city planning.
1989 Appl. Linguistics 10 236 The formality of the presentation and the distancing of teacher and student are emphasized by proxemic factors.
2001 D. Crystal Lang. & Internet ii. 39 Netspeak lacks any true ability to signal meaning through kinesic and proxemic features, and this, along with the unavailability of prosodic features, places it at a considerable remove from spoken language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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