Editing Distance (section)

===In the social sciences===
In [[psychology]], [[human geography]], and the [[social science]]s, distance is often theorized not as an objective numerical measurement, but as a qualitative description of a subjective experience.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOCIAL DISTANCES|url=https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/TCH.CHAP16.HTM|access-date=2020-07-20|website=www.hawaii.edu}}</ref>  For example, [[psychological distance]] is "the different ways in which an object might be removed from" the self along dimensions such as "time, space, social distance, and hypotheticality".<ref name=psych>{{cite journal | vauthors = Trope Y, Liberman N | title = Construal-level theory of psychological distance | journal = Psychological Review | volume = 117 | issue = 2 | pages = 440–63 | date = April 2010 | pmid = 20438233 | pmc = 3152826 | doi = 10.1037/a0018963 }}</ref>  In [[sociology]], [[social distance]] describes the separation between individuals or [[social groups]] in [[society]] along dimensions such as [[social class]], [[Race (classification of human beings)|race]]/[[ethnicity]], [[gender]] or [[human sexuality|sexuality]].