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arousal

physiological and psychological state of being awoken
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Summary

arousal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,238 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: positive emotion[2], response to stimulus[3]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[4]
  • Commons category: Arousal[5]
  • Partially coincident with: wakefulness[6]
  • Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MF_0000012[7], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0002530[8]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C64358[9]
  • Different from: sexual arousal[10]
  • P14439: 000817[11]

Why It Matters

arousal has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] arousal is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

emotion

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). arousal. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/arousal
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_arousal_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{arousal}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/arousal}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Store medisinske leksikon id → arousal, sex
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Store medisinske leksikon id, SML ID arousal deprecated (now SML sex), SML ID sex from Store medisinske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for perm"
  2. 14d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 26
    Nci thesaurus id → C64358
    Umls cui → C0003808
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MF_0000012, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0002530
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ remove badge intentional sitelink to redirect from jawiki sitelink; sitelink points to a non-redirect page #msynbotTask10"
  3. 6w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → sh85007409
    Equivalent class → http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MF_0000012, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OMIT_0002530
    Yale lux id → concept/9c6fb21b-6022-4c02-b75f-7c043a6d7148
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MF_0000012"
  4. 8w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007294981005171
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294981005171"
  5. 8w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    Subclass of → positive emotion, response to stimulus
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: Erregungszustand"
  6. 8w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 → 000817
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14439: 000817"
  7. 20w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → —
    Part of → —
    Part of → psychological terminology
    Partially coincident with → wakefulness
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Openalex id: C36951298, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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