the impeding by one individual into the personal space of another. The intruder improperly and uncomfortably crowds the other individual, without obvious motive.
PERSONAL-SPACE INVASION: "Every time I have to work with her, there is an obvious presence of personal-space invasion on her part."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "PERSONAL-SPACE INVASION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/personal-space-invasion/ (accessed March 21, 2023).