social distance

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social distance

noun social distances

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

verb social distances · social distancing · social distanced

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

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noun distance between social groups

Españoldistancia social
中文社會距離 /社会距离 shèhuì jùlí
Portuguêsdistância social
Françaisespace vital
Deutschsoziale Distanz
Italianodistanza sociale
Tiếng Việtkhoảng cách xã hội, sự cách ly xã hội

noun appropriate distance for interactions among acquaintances during epidemics

Españoldistancia social/física
Tiếng Việtkhoảng cách xã hội

verb to maintain a certain distance between at least two people to contain the spread of an infectious disease

Españoldistanciar socialmente/físicamente
Tiếng Việttạo khoảng cách xã hội, cách ly xã hội

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@misc{social_distance_2026,
  title = {social distance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/social%20distance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}