Meaning of skinship | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Bonding through physical (touch, skin-to-skin) contact; particularly between family members, relatives and loved ones.
   South-Korea, uncountable
2. Spending time together naked for social bonding.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In Mexico, interdependence among people in emphasized and expressed through cosleeping and "skinship." … A similar type⟳ of "skinship" also exists throughout Mexico—all one had to do is look⟳ at the way people walk⟳ or sit⟳ together. … women are always patting touching ...”

“However, there were times that folks needed that skinship to feel⟳ hearten'd and Dan often felt when others had that need⟳.”

“This relationship of parents to children is especially enhanced by bathing together—commonly known as skinship (sukinshippu). Other groups, from businessmen or to neighboring housewives to hikers and classmates, often seek⟳ to increase⟳ the strength of a relationship by engaging in hadaka no tsukiai at a sentō, health center, or onsen.”

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