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Proxemics
- noun - the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations
Proximate
- adjective - closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects; "news of his proximate arrival"; "interest in proximate rather than ultimate goals"
- very close in space or time; "proximate words"; "proximate houses"
Proximity
- noun - a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
- the property of being close together
- the region close around a person or thing
Proxy War
- noun - a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate
Proxyship
- - The office or agency of a proxy.
Prudences
- noun - discretion in practical affairs
- knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion"
Prudently
- adverb - in a prudent manner; "I had allotted my own bedroom for necking, prudently removing both the bed and the key, and taken both myself and my typewriter into my son's bedroom."
Pruderies
- noun - excessive or affected modesty
Prudhomme
- - A trustworthy citizen; a skilled workman. See Citation under 3d Commune, 1.
Prudishly
- adverb - in a prudish manner; "she acts prudishly, but I wonder whether she is really all that chaste"