"personal space" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-personal space.ogg [Australia] Forms: personal spaces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} personal space (countable and uncountable, plural personal spaces)
  1. The physical space closely surrounding a person, which can lead to discomfort, anger or anxiety if encroached on. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (physical space closely surrounding a person): 私人空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人空间 (sīrén kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), henkilökohtainen tila (Finnish), henkilökohtainen alue (Finnish), espace vital [masculine] (French), パーソナルスペース (pāsonaru supēsu) (Japanese), przestrzeń osobista [feminine] (Polish), espaço pessoal [masculine] (Portuguese), личное простра́нство (ličnoje prostránstvo) (Russian), диста́нция (distáncija) (note: somewhat) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-personal_space-en-noun-1z2kZUV1 Disambiguation of 'physical space closely surrounding a person': 73 27
  2. An area which can be regarded as belonging to a person privately, in which to place belongings etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Sociology Translations (area regarded as belonging to a person): 私人空間 (Chinese Mandarin), 私人空间 (sīrén kōngjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), henkilökohtainen tila (Finnish), henkilökohtainen alue (Finnish), przestrzeń osobista [feminine] (Polish), личное простра́нство (ličnoje prostránstvo) (Russian), дом (dom) [masculine] (Russian), жили́ще (žilíšče) [neuter] (Russian), оча́г (očág) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-personal_space-en-noun-7IkMWAnX Disambiguation of Psychology: 27 73 Disambiguation of Sociology: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'area regarded as belonging to a person': 33 67

Inflected forms

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