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gift giving

bestowing of tangible or intangible benefits, voluntarily and usually without expectation of anything in return
Class type of: social behavior, giving Q3035707

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
ritual, revenue model, love language[2][3]
Subclass of
social behavior, giving[4][5]
Different from
donation, gift[7][8]
Has part(s)
votive offering[6]
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
Practiced by
donor[10]
Uses
gift[9]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 9
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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Encyclopædia Universalis ID
don
Freebase ID
/m/0204sn
Google Product Taxonomy ID
2559
MeSH descriptor ID
D037921
MeSH tree code
F01.145.813.208
Museum-digital tag ID
58011
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtiv6y7QFd7t
Wellcome Collection concept ID
kuyhqstq

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Summary

gift giving is a ritual[1].

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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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