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Answer for the clue "The study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations ", 9 letters:
proxemics

Word definitions for proxemics in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Proxemics is the study of human use of space and the effects that population density has on behavior, communication, and social interaction. Proxemics is one among several subcategories in the study of nonverbal communication , including haptics (touch), ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The study of the effects of the physical distance between people in different cultures and societies

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the study of spatial distances between individuals in different cultures and situations

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1963, coined from proximity + -emics .

Usage examples of proxemics.

Hellspark language lessons always start with the proxemics and kinesics of a new language.

Alfvaen her greatest asset in learning the proxemics and kinesics of Jenji.

It was originally composed to incorporate every known possibility of human language, all the sounds of all the various tongues, not to mention such refinements as inflection, tonal changes, proxemics and kinesics, as well.

From then on, I could get her to notice anyone else simply by switching from the proxemics and kinesics of one language to another in mid-sentence.

Yn must have different proxemics and kinesics for male and female, just as they have different spoken dialects for male and female.

Vikry took on the proxemics and kinesics of an Yn male with an accuracy that would have astonished even a native dancer of the language.