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Hug

A hug is a form of endearment, found in virtually all human communities, in which two or more people put their arms around the neck, back, under the armpits or waists of one another and hold each other closely. If more than two people are involved, it may be referred to as a group hug.

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Etymology

Characteristics

Cultural aspects

Health benefits

Group hug

Cuddling

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Hug

Nodes57
Edges56
Triples54
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035088
Components1

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Hug

Top relations

related to Cultural aspects · 17
Hug → Abraço, Brazil, France, Holy Mass, In, In May, In Portugal, It, Latin America, Roman Catholic, Similar, Spain, The New York Times, Um, United States, Western, While
related to Further reading · 7
Hug → CompCare, Hug Therapy, ISBN, Kathleen, Keating, Minneapolis, OCLC
related to Cuddling · 5
Hug → Cuddling, In, Like, Similar, United States
related to External links · 4
Hug → Hugging, Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Health benefits · 4
Hug → However, Hugging, One, Research
related to Etymology · 3
Hug → German, Old Norse, The
see also · 3
Hug → Bear, Hugging DayPound, Hugs CampaignGlompHaptic
related to Characteristics · 2
Hug → Depending, Hugs
is a · 1
Hug → form of endearment

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hugging may people two cuddling also hugs one group arms around related usually among especially form another kiss affection greeting

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Hugis aform of endearment0.90text
Franceinstance ofIt is a custom in some cultures0.80text
Spaininstance ofIt is a custom in some cultures0.80text
Latin America for male friends to huginstance ofIt is a custom in some cultures0.80text
China Japaninstance ofSoutheast and South Asian countries0.80text
Thailandinstance ofSoutheast and South Asian countries0.80text
Indiainstance ofSoutheast and South Asian countries0.80text
especially outside the same familyinstance ofSoutheast and South Asian countries0.80text
between opposite gendersinstance ofSoutheast and South Asian countries0.80text
Hugrelated to CharacteristicsDepending0.60section
Hugrelated to CharacteristicsHugs0.60section
Hugrelated to CuddlingCuddling0.60section

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