Term
personal space
The area around the body that a person feels belongs to them. When someone enters it uninvited, it feels uncomfortable.
Explained in
- The Flirting Bible: Your Ultimate Photo Guide to Reading Body Language, Getting Noticed, and Meeting More People Than You Ever Thought Possible, Fran Greene
- The Like Switch, Jack Schafer, Marvin Karlins
The distance around a person that makes them uncomfortable when someone crosses it.