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Meanings of personal space in English

Russian
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Limits that a person creates to identify permissible ways for other people to behave towards them.

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Usage of personal space in English
1
No one likes to feel that their personal space is being violated.
Ebony
2
He nodded at the personal space resonance scrambler perched on the chair.
Woken furies
3
Open cubicles encourage collaboration, but they take away employees' personal space.
BBC
4
Perhaps having a personal space this evening is what you'll need!
The South African
5
Even your own personal space is no longer just your own.
Midnight caller
6
Incursions into personal space are a familiar source of aggravation at high altitudes.
BBC
7
You know you can get in trouble for visiting a boy's personal space.
Enclave
8
This is their personal space, and it's almost time for lights-out.
Unravel Me
9
Perhaps sit back a bit and give everyone some personal space.
News.com.au
10
He moved closer until he was deep inside her personal space.
Dating the rebel tycoon
11
I fortunately had a bunk bed slice but my personal space was limited.
Climbing Magazine
12
Ines is just delighted to have Lizzie in her personal space.
News.com.au
13
Like music heard through headphones, iFrags never invade anyone's personal space.
Wired
14
We both stood up and were abruptly, awkwardly inside each other's personal space.
Broken angels
15
Cubby, he thinks you were spying on him, you violated his personal space.
Relentless
16
Henderson stepped up, invading the hell out of my personal space.
Blue Moon
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Translations for personal space
Personal space through the time
Personal space across language varieties
South Africa
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare