1) Social science 
Proxemics is a one of several subcategories of the study of nonverbal communication. Prominent other subcategories include haptics (touch), kinesics (body movement), vocalics (paralanguage), and chronemics (structure of time). Proxemics can be defined as `the interrelated observations and theories of man`s use of space as a specialized elaborati.....
study of man's need for personal space
(from the article `communication`) Of more general, cross-cultural significance are the theories involved in the study of proxemics developed by an American anthropologist, Edward ...
Type: Term Pronunciation: prok-sem′iks Definitions: 1. The scientific discipline concerned with the various aspects of urban overcrowding.
[n] - the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
noun the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
the study of the spatial requirements of humans and animals and the effects of population density on behavior, communication, and social interaction. · the study of the symbolic and communicative role in a culture of spatial arrangements and variations in distance, as in how far apart individuals engaged in conversation stand depending on t...