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distance zone

distance zone

the area of physical distance commonly adopted between interacting individuals. Interpersonal distances can be influenced by culture and tend to be relatively small when people are familiar with each other and larger in formal or impersonal interactions. See intimate zone; personal distance zone; public distance zone; social zone. See also proxemics.

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