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Kiss

A kiss is the touching or pressing of one's lips against another person, animal, or object. The cultural connotations associated with kissing vary significantly between different societies and contexts. Depending on the culture and circumstances, a kiss can express a wide range of emotions, such as love, passion, romance, sexual attraction, sexual…

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History

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India

Middle East

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Legality of unwanted kissing

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Kiss

Nodes272
Edges271
Triples285
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007353
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related to history · 28
Kiss → Advances, Ancient Mesopotamian, Anthropologists, BCE, Bronze Age, Buddhism, DNA, Egypt, Evidence, Figurines, Hinduism, However, HSV-1, It, Jainism, Kissing, Mesopotamia, Neandertals, Others, Sanskrit
related to External links · 25
Kiss → Anatomy, Archived, BBC Earth, Encyclopædia Britannica, February, History, How Kissing Works, HowStuffWorks, Joshua Foer, July, June, Keith Thomas, Kissing, Life, Melissa Hogenboom, Put, Strange Places, The Kiss, The New York Times, The Times
related to In religion · 25
Kiss → Arab, Bible, Biblical, Esther, Eucharistic, Exodus, Genesis, In, Isaac, It, Jacob, Kissing, Luke, Mass, Proverbs, Psalms, Roman Catholic Order, Roman Catholics, Ruth, Samuel
related to India · 21
Kiss → AIDS, Ancient Hindu, Bollywood, Despite, Due, Hindu, In, In India, India, Indian Penal Code, Mahabharata, On-screen, Police, Richard Gere, Section, Shilpa Shetty, Since, Supreme Court, The, The Vedas
related to East Asia · 20
Kiss → Also, America, Amur River, China, Chinese, Donald Richie, Edison, Europe, In, Japan, Likewise, Manchu, May Irwin-John Rice Kiss, Pacific War, Rodin's, The, The Kiss, The Widow Jones, Tokyo, Western
related to Kissing in films · 19
Kiss → Actresses, American, Dark Ages, Greta Garbo, However, Nazimova, New York, One, Pola Negri, Ronald Colman, Rudolph Valentino, Such, The, The Kiss, United States, Valentino, Vilma Bánky, Writer Louis Black, Young
related to As a theme in art · 17
Kiss → Antonio CanovaThe Last Kiss, Auguste Rodin, Cupid's Kiss, Francesco Hayez, Juliet, Le Baiser, Leyendecker, Little Coaxing, Mary CassattJean-Honoré Fragonard The, Mother's Goodnight Kiss, Psyche Revived, Romeo, Saw Mother Kissed Santa, Sir Frank Dicksee, Stolen Kiss, The Kiss, William-Adolphe Bouguereau
related to Contemporary practices · 14
Kiss → Eastern, Eastern Asia, French, In, In South, In West Asia, Kissing, Making, Most, People, Sexual, The, Western, When
related to Romantic · 14
Kiss → Brayer, Eastern, Greek, In, In China, In South East Asian, Middle Ages, Other, Romantic, The, There, These, Western, William Cane
related to Middle East · 13
Kiss → According, Dr Troels Pank Arbøll, Dubai, In, Iran, Islamic Republic, May, Mesopotamia, Most, Muslim-majority, Research, There, UAE

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kissing lips also love affection kisses romantic kissed people cultures public used ancient may one common many notes mouth respect

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kissis atouching or pressing of one's lips against another person0.90text
Kissis alast tender proof of love bestowed on one we have loved0.90text
Kissis asign that our souls are united0.90text
Kissis acustom0.90text
bonobosinstance ofThose who believe kissing to be an instinctual behaviour cite similar behaviours in other animals0.80text
which are known to kiss after fighting - possibly to restore peaceinstance ofThose who believe kissing to be an instinctual behaviour cite similar behaviours in other animals0.80text
suckling or premastication in early human cultures passed on to modern humansinstance ofhaving evolved from activities0.80text
Elaine Hatfield.EtymologyThe Romans had several words for kissinginstance ofEdward Burnett Tylor and modern scholars0.80text
getting whipped up to 100 times or go to jail.Research from May 2023 found texts from ancient people in Mesopotamia that indicates that kissing was a well-established practice 4instance ofa man who kisses or touches a woman who is not his wife or relative can be punished0.80text
500 years agoinstance ofa man who kisses or touches a woman who is not his wife or relative can be punished0.80text
hugging or hand holding in publicinstance ofsuch as kissing in public and in some instances also milder expressions of love0.80text
the Torahinstance ofand other religious articles during prayer0.80text

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