personal spaces
Individual comfort zones
Personal spaces refers to the invisible boundaries people maintain around themselves in social situations—the comfortable distance from others that varies by culture, relationship, and context.
Standing too close violates someone's personal space; backing away restores it.
The concept extends to private areas like offices or bedrooms: Please stay out of my personal space.
In the singular, personal space is more common.
- bedroomRoom for sleeping
- living roomHome's social space
- kitchenFood preparation room
- home officeResidential work area
- officeProfessional work location
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Areas open to all
common areas · shared spaces · communal spaces · public domain · open spaces
personal spacesclose proximity
Being very near
physical contact · crowded spaces · invasion of privacy · encroachment · intrusion
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