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It uses the sentiment range and passion intensity to position various brand relationship constructs. This work follows the same bibliometric-analysis approach used by Fetscherin and Heinrich (2014) and looked for publications in the Web of Science on brand relationships, with reference to Fournier\u2019s (1998) seminal work and data collected for the period between January 2010 and November 2018.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-subheading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>First, this work presents the key consumer\u2013brand relationship terms and positions the work on brand love, brand like, brand hate, brand dislike and brand indifference. 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