"propinquity" is a correct word and is used in written English.
It is a noun that refers to the state of nearness or the quality of being near or similar. For example, "The propinquity between the two families meant that they were often together."
Virtual reality and social networking might combine to provide the benefits of dense populations without the propinquity.
But self-assertion and propinquity did their work, with the usual results.The difficulty with neighboursThe trouble is that propinquity and self-assertion are still at work today.
Time and propinquity, it was thought, would produce a richly diverse yet integrated society.
For centuries the border, demarcated by the Rio Grande, was entirely porous, and its very length meant that much of Texas felt joined to Mexico a cultural affinity evidenced in the fact that the margarita and the fajita were both invented in Texas.Only recently, at the behest of distant authorities in Washington, DC, has this sense of propinquity seemed to weaken.
The propinquity of the wicked plainly has an unsettling impact on the peace of mind of the virtuous Mr Santorum.Gays should not only be disqualified from serving their country, says Mr Santorum.
It's not that there is enforced propinquity.
At first he worked mostly in his cottage in Kent, until its propinquity to the Channel coast, where invasion was hourly expected, forced a return to London.
If you ever wanted a practical demonstration of the philosophical propinquity of the beautiful and the sublime, go for a drive here.
A distinction has to be made between resemblances due to propinquity of descent and those due only to similarity of function.
The more recent the last common ancestor of a group of organisms, the less their differentiation; similarities of form and function reflect phylogenetic propinquity.
