PROPINQUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does propinquity mean? 

• PROPINQUITY (noun)
  The noun PROPINQUITY has 1 sense:

1. the property of being close together

  Familiarity information: PROPINQUITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPINQUITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of being close together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

propinquity; proximity

Hypernyms ("propinquity" is a kind of...):

closeness; nearness (the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance)

 Context examples 

But he reassured himself with a glance down at his host—a big man himself but dwarfed by the propinquity of the giant.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He could hardly follow her outlining of the work he must do, so amazed was he by her delightful propinquity.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)