greeting
act of communication to acknowledge another person
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Summary
greeting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,484 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: ritual[2]
- Commons category: Greetings[3]
- Topic's main category: Category:Greetings[4]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[5]
- Equivalent class: http://galoes.org/ontologies/occult.owl#Greeting_people[6]
- Different from: blessing[7], bracha[8]
- Practiced by: greeter[9]
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Influence
Things named for greeting include SpaceHey[10], an enterprise[11], in Germany[12], founded in 2020[13], headquartered in Pfullingen[14] and Hiiibrand[15], a website[16], in People's Republic of China[17], founded in 2010[18].
Why It Matters
greeting has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] greeting is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]
Entities named for greeting include SpaceHey[10], an enterprise[11], in Germany[12], founded in 2020[13], headquartered in Pfullingen[14] and Hiiibrand[15], a website[16], in People's Republic of China[17], founded in 2010[18].