degree of separation
Links between people
A degree of separation is one link in the chain connecting two people through mutual acquaintances.
If you know someone who knows the president, you're two degrees of separation from the president.
The concept popularized the idea that any two people on Earth are connected by six or fewer such links: six degrees of separation.
- connectionA joining or relation
- distanceSpace between two points
- linkPoint of connection
- networkInterconnected system
- removedTaken from position
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social proximity/connection
degree of separationdirect connection
personal relationship · personal connection · inner circle · closeness · personal bond
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