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A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.
Potter Stewart

Meaning of "propinquity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROPINQUITY

From Latin propinquitās closeness, from propinquus near, from prope near by.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROPINQUITY

propinquity  [prəˈpɪŋkwɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROPINQUITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Propinquity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROPINQUITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Propinquity

In social psychology, propinquity is one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction. It refers to the physical or psychological proximity between people. Propinquity can mean physical proximity, a kinship between people, or a similarity in nature between things. Two people living on the same floor of a building, for example, have a higher propinquity than those living on different floors, just as two people with similar political beliefs possess a higher propinquity than those whose beliefs strongly differ. Propinquity is also one of the factors, set out by Jeremy Bentham, used to measure the amount of pleasure in a method known as felicific calculus.

Definition of propinquity in the English dictionary

The definition of propinquity in the dictionary is nearness in place or time. Other definition of propinquity is nearness in relationship.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROPINQUITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
activity
ækˈtɪvɪtɪ
antiquity
ænˈtɪkwɪtɪ
appropinquity
ˌæprəˈpɪŋkwɪtɪ
authority
ɔːˈθɒrɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capacity
kəˈpæsɪtɪ
celebrity
sɪˈlɛbrɪtɪ
city
ˈsɪtɪ
committee
kəˈmɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
equity
ˈɛkwɪtɪ
facility
fəˈsɪlɪtɪ
inequity
ɪnˈɛkwɪtɪ
iniquity
ɪˈnɪkwɪtɪ
longinquity
lɒŋˈɡɪnkwɪtɪ
obliquity
əˈblɪkwɪtɪ
ubiquity
juːˈbɪkwɪtɪ
unwitty
ʌnˈwɪtɪ
witty
ˈwɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROPINQUITY

prophetship
prophylactic
prophylaxes
prophylaxis
prophyll
propine
propionate
propionic acid
propitiable
propitiate
propitiation
propitiatious
propitiative
propitiator
propitiatorily
propitiatory
propitious
propitiously
propitiousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROPINQUITY

acuity
ambiguity
annuity
contiguity
continuity
deferred annuity
discontinuity
employment equity
fortuity
fruity
gratuity
in perpetuity
ingenuity
life annuity
negative equity
perpetuity
private equity
promiscuity
vacuity
wife´s equity

Synonyms and antonyms of propinquity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROPINQUITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «propinquity» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of propinquity

Translation of «propinquity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROPINQUITY

Find out the translation of propinquity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of propinquity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «propinquity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

propinquity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

proximidad
570 millions of speakers

English

propinquity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पड़ोस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشابه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

соседство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

propinquity
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিকটবর্তিতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

proximité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkabelan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nahe Verwandtschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近接
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가까움
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Propinquity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự ở gần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெருங்கிய உறவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समानता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akrabalık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vicinanza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

propinquity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сусідство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

similitudini
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γειτνίαση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelijkheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

propinquity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

propinquity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of propinquity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPINQUITY»

The term «propinquity» is regularly used and occupies the 88.800 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROPINQUITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «propinquity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «propinquity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about propinquity

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2 QUOTES WITH «PROPINQUITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word propinquity.
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Germaine Greer
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
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Potter Stewart
A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROPINQUITY»

Discover the use of propinquity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to propinquity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Giving Ground: The Politics of Propinquity
This volume seeks to address a number of broad questions, including: what is the role and limit of urban space in the expression of group and individual rights and desires?; do democratic social relations require spatial propinquity?; and ...
Joan Copjec, Michael Sorkin, 1999
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The Propinquity Effect: How Relationships Have Enhanced My Life
Autobiography. How relationships enhanced my life.
Art Schmitt, 2009
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Louisiana Plantation Homes: A Return to Splendor
PROPINQUITY. ST. FRANCISVILLE John Mills established a trading post in 1790 in the steamboat town of Bayou Sara. In 1809 he decided to build a townhouse, and it was to the high ground of St. Francisville that he went to look for a ...
Malone, Lee
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Human Intimacy: Marriage, the Family, and Its Meaning, ...
This marital choice variable is called propinquity. Actually, the phenomenon is broader than just residential propinquity. Institutional propinquity exists as well; people meet in the workplace, in social organizations, and at school and church.
Frank Cox, 2008
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The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Natchez and ...
Brigadier General Leonard Covington, commander of a troop of Light Dragoons at nearby Fort Dearborn, appropriately named his home PROPINQUITY because his property was adjacent to the fort. In the early days the naming of homes and ...
Kempe, Helen Kerr
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The Plundered Planet: Why We Must--and How We Can--Manage ...
But the tug of propinquity is not like the tug of gravity, diminishing steadily mile-by -mile according to distance. The shared identity of a nation and the organizational capabilities of the state create a towering cliff. Usually they are sufficiently ...
Paul Collier, 2010
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Urban Analysis: A Study of City Structure with Special ...
On the basis of the evidence, Katz and Hill link together the three factors of residential segregation, marital endogamy (with respect to status, ethnic type and so forth) and spatial propinquity in marriage partners and suggest that the interaction ...
Brian Turnbull Robson, 1969
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Knowledge Management for the Telecommunications Industry
In terms of knowledge management, the IT industry is in the electronic propinquity business. A mountain of human-behavior research on the effects of propinquity (physical closeness) finds that not only do we typically "marry the girl/ boy next ...
Thomas J. Housel, Sandra C. Hom, 1999
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Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, ...
concept of proximity or propinquity's role in interpersonal attraction and how people approximate propinquity in cyberspace. Moving into (b) the types of places where people interact online, this chapter addresses the goals and dynamics of ...
Azy Barak, 2008
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The Invisible Sale: How to Build a Digitally Powered ...
To begin that process, you first need to map all the relevant propinquity points where you can bump into your prospects. Usually two kinds of propinquity points exist: the obvious ones and the not-so-obvious ones. To succeed, you need to ...
Tom Martin, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROPINQUITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term propinquity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Editorial: Media-Upper Providence Free Library's temporary home …
1, now the site of its temporary home. This propinquity has produced a unique partnership between two organizations dependent on volunteers ... «The Delaware County Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Her husband is in love with an officemate 35 years his junior
The word “propinquity” comes to mind as the root of the problem involving your husband and this woman. Unless one of them disappears from ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
3
Navigating the ethical minefield
Bentham treats all forms of happiness as equal, with goodness measured in terms of intensity, duration, certainty, propinquity, fecundity, purity, ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
4
APC Debunks Rumours that Pres. Buhari was Surprised to See …
Birds of the same propinquity, flock together. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I'm not surprised to meet the Chief Executive of Oando here. «Bella Naija, Jul 15»
5
Conflicts between Arab and western interests
While it was facile to state that America as a nation was predisposed to hate Sunnis after 9/11, the propinquity to favour Iran was manna from ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
6
Canada should offer homes to Syrian refugees, not troops for …
There's no good reason why they should be taking the brunt of the exodus except for the accident of propinquity: They're physically closer to the ... «rabble.ca, Jul 15»
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Toward Higher Ground
... rise to it unfolded, where God's covenant with Abraham was sealed, how could that propinquity not infuse the act with even greater meaning? «The Jewish Press, Jul 15»
8
A Quintessentially Average Beauty
The baker is also a failed artist and amateur intellectual, and so can't help but notice the propinquity of the names and circumstances of these ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
9
Geography gives us distance, but Canada has a responsibility in Syria
There's no good reason why they should be taking the brunt of the exodus except for the accident of propinquity: They're physically closer to the ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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Up your friend-making game
The idea of propinquity supports this, which considers where people are physically located and how that influences their relationships. Think of ... «St. Cloud Times, Jul 15»

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