skinship

noun

1. (South-Korea, uncountable)Bonding through physical (touch, skin-to-skin) contact; particularly between family members, relatives and loved ones.

   “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.”

2. (uncountable)Spending time together naked for social bonding.

   “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.”