Editing Propinquity (section)

{{short description|Physical or psychological proximity between people}}
{{About|the topic in social psychology|the novel|Propinquity (novel)|nearness in kinship|Consanguinity}}
In [[social psychology]], '''propinquity''' ({{IPAc-en|p|r|ə|ˈ|p|ɪ|ŋ|k|w|ᵻ|t|iː}}; from [[Latin]] ''propinquitas'', "nearness") is one of the main factors leading to [[interpersonal attraction]].

It refers to the physical or psychological proximity between people. Propinquity can mean physical proximity, a kinship between people, or a [[Interpersonal attraction#Similarity (like-attracts-like)|similarity]] in nature between things ("[[Interpersonal attraction#Similarity (like-attracts-like)|like-attracts-like]]"). Two people living on the same floor of a building, for example, have a higher propinquity than those living on different floors, just as two people with similar political beliefs possess a higher propinquity than those whose beliefs strongly differ. ''Propinquity'' is also one of the factors, set out by [[Jeremy Bentham]], used to measure the amount of ([[utilitarian]]) [[pleasure]] in a method known as [[felicific calculus]].
[[File:Factors influencing Interpersonal attraction.svg|thumb|Factors influencing [[Interpersonal attraction]]]]