Word of the week # 6

1. Propinquity
2. I read it in a sociology article by Zhang and Van Hook, titled "Marital Dissolution Among Interracial Couples".
3. "Among the explanations for homogamy, geographical propinquity and personal preferences were found to be the two underpinning factors.
4. Noun. 1. proximity: the property of being close together ; 2. In social psychology, propinquity (from Latin propinquitas, nearness) is one of the main factors leading to interpersonal attraction. It refers to the physical or psychological proximity between people.
5. The office's propinquity to the Italian restaurant made everyone spend their lunch breaks there every business day.