psychic distance
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The fees put some psychic distance between the products and the extra money, making the charges seem akin to a sales tax—totally out of a business owner’s control.
From Slate ● May 2, 2025
I get the clear sense that she was raised to allow people in but also keeps a safe psychic distance, a spiritual boundary that, when respected, falls away.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2025
“God’s Caravan” is very much thinking through close third-person, especially from the perspective of a child who has no psychic distance from the action.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 28, 2019
Were girls and women somehow taught to keep a psychic distance from their physical selves?
From The Guardian ● Jul. 5, 2013
“Seeing yourself as a GlamMa helps you make that leap into grandparenting, through that psychic distance between ‘I’m too young’ and ‘Wow, I love this grandchild, what a great idea.’
From New York Times ● May 11, 2011
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