social distance
Noun

social distance (plural social distances)

  1. (sociology) The distance between different social groups, e.g. in terms of class, ethnicity, gender-identity, sexual-identity, etc.
  2. (proxemics) An appropriate distance for interactions among acquaintances during epidemics.
Verb

social distance

  1. (proxemics) To maintain a certain distance between at least two people to contain the spread of an infectious disease.
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