personal space

noun

1. the variable and subjective distance at which one person feels comfortable talking to another.

Example Sentences

“The girls had their own rooms, but it wasn't their personal space. Everything was Tristan's and Andrew's, the bedrooms that the girls worked in were also the bedrooms that the brothers would sleep in.”

From BBC

Jones was later thrown out by security for being drunk and encroaching on the personal space of the women.

From BBC

He then returned to the same group and "acted aggressively, shouting and swearing", calling them "useless" and "invading their personal space".

From BBC

These findings are inconsistent with previous studies which report that sympathetic activity, or the "fight or flight" response, is activated when a stranger invades our personal space.

From Science Daily

It warned that Hobbs had to resign “or the explosive device impacted in her personal space will be detonated.”

From Seattle Times