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What does personal space mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word personal space? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The physical space closely surrounding a person, which can lead to discomfort, anger or anxiety if encroached on.
  2. An area which can be regarded as belonging to a person privately, in which to place belongings etc.
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He docks his vintage, gas-guzzling cruiser at the yacht club and doesn't like the noise of the occasional plane invading his personal space.
He asked as he advanced across the room, pausing a few inches from Trey, completely invading his personal space.
In my late teens, a sensitive young painter, I felt the need for some personal space.
I'm not much of a socializer and I'm one of those crazy people who values their personal space.
It seemed to be the perfect place to sit and study people without encroaching on their personal space.
That way, we reasoned, people would have their close colleagues at hand and would still have enough personal space to digest the information.

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