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Antonyms for propinquity

Grammar : Noun
Spell : proh-ping-kwi-tee
Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈpɪŋ kwɪ ti


Definition of propinquity

Origin :
  • late 14c., "nearness in relation, kinship," later also "physical nearness" (early 15c.), from Old French propinquite (13c.) and directly from Latin propinquitatem (nominative propinquitas) "nearness, vicinity; relationship, affinity," from propinquus "near, neighboring," from prope "near" (enlarged from PIE *pro "before;" see pro-) + suffix -inquus.
  • Nothing propinks like propinquity [Ian Fleming, chapter heading, "Diamonds are Forever," 1956; phrase popularized 1960s by U.S. diplomat George Ball]
  • noun proximity
  • noun kinship
  • noun closeness
Example sentences :
  • Your mother is as ignorant of the propinquity as Greta herself.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • We really drifted into an engagement more because of propinquity than anything else.
  • Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
  • Just that I was wrong; and I admit freely that I was wrong in scoffing at the propinquity.
  • Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • She appeared to have forgotten the propinquity of other persons.
  • Extract from : « The Last Woman » by Ross Beeckman
  • The birds had now nothing to fear from the propinquity of the hut.
  • Extract from : « The Forest Exiles » by Mayne Reid
  • It did not appear to him to be a matter of a dark night and a propinquity and so on.
  • Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
  • It is the consciousness of the propinquity of some deadly and loathsome disease.
  • Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) » by Various
  • That same chord within him thrilled to her voice, her propinquity.
  • Extract from : « The Sign of the Spider » by Bertram Mitford
  • Our propinquity was evidently neither novel nor discomposing.
  • Extract from : « Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • That is the penalty of prairie life; there is no escape from propinquity.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer

Synonyms for propinquity

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