social distance

English

Noun

social distance (plural social distances)

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

Translations

distance between social groups

Chinese:
Mandarin: 社會距離／社会距离 (shèhuì jùlí)
Finnish: sosiaalinen etäisyys
French: please add this translation if you can
Georgian: სოციალური მანძილი (socialuri manʒili), სოციალური დისტანცია (socialuri disṭancia)
Indonesian: pembatasan sosial
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: dûrahiya civakî (ku) f
Malay: penjarakan sosial (ms)
Vietnamese: khoảng cách xã hội, sự cách ly xã hội

appropriate distance for interactions among acquaintances during epidemics

Danish: social afstand c, social distance c
Georgian: პიროვნებათშორისი დისტანცია (ṗirovnebatšorisi disṭancia), სოციალური დისტანცია (socialuri disṭancia)
Malayalam: സാമൂഹിക അകലം (sāmūhika akalaṃ)
Turkish: sosyal mesafe
Vietnamese: khoảng cách xã hội

Verb

social distance (third-person singular simple present social distances, present participle social distancing, simple past and past participle social distanced)

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

Related terms

social distancing (disease control)
socially distant (disease control)

Translations

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

Vietnamese: tạo khoảng cách xã hội, cách ly xã hội

Anagrams

diatonic scales

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English social distance.

Noun

social distance f (plural social distances, diminutive social distanceje n)

social distancing