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sex

biological system that determines an individual's sexually reproductive functions
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Summary

sex is a medical attribute[1]. sex draws 126,692 Wikipedia views per month (medical attribute category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: organismal quality[3]
  • Part of: sex or gender[4]
  • Commons category: Sex[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sex[6]
  • Facet of: reproduction[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8], Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], Red Blue Translator[12]
  • Partially coincident with: sex of humans[13], genetic sex[14], anatomical sex[15], gender[16], gender identity[17]
  • Topic has template: Template:Sex (biology)[18], Template:Sex sidebar[19]
  • Contributing factor of: biodiversity[20]
  • Main Wikidata property: P21[21]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C28421[22]
  • Different from: human sexual behavior[23], floor[24], Sex[25], Geschlecht[26], Geslacht[27], connector gender[28], grammatical gender[29], sexual intercourse[30], gender[31], gender identity[32], biological sex[33]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[34]
  • Exact match: https://w3id.org/italia/onto/CPV/Sex[35]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[36], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]
  • Model item: genetic sex[38], anatomical sex[39]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Biology[40], WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies[41], WikiProject Sexology and sexuality[42], WikiProject Physiology[43]
  • Copyright status: public domain[44]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for sex include intersex[45]; Sex (Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam song)[46], a single[47]; and Sexorcism[48], an album[49].

Why It Matters

sex has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] sex is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for sex include intersex[45]; Sex (Cheat Codes and Kris Kross Amsterdam song)[46], a single[47]; and Sexorcism[48], an album[49].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 7d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 6503
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 6503, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7331370|sex (#7331370)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 15d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 145
    Different from → human sexual behavior, floor, Sex +8
    Umls cui → C1522384
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg'
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||lb, en */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  3. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → organismal quality
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: organismal quality"
  4. 6w ago · Anti-Strange-Ipek-Action · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spoken text audio → En-Sex-article.ogg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Spoken text audio: En-Sex-article.ogg, ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/harvesttemplates/e29ed798d134|details]])"
  5. 6w ago · Reinheitsgebot bot · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → public domain
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Copyright status: public domain, #quickstatements; WikiFlix C1: pre-1900 film, PD by age; invoked by wikiflix"
  6. 9w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dewey decimal classification → 305.3, 571.882, 576.855 +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Nci thesaurus id: C28421"
  7. 13w ago · Gymnicus · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dewey decimal classification → 305.3, 571.882, 576.855 +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Dewey decimal classification: 305.3"
  8. 20w ago · ~2026-22243-63 · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → sex
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Imdb keyword: sex"
  9. 20w ago · WikiHelper232 · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → human sexual behavior, floor, Sex +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: gender identity"
  10. 21w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sex
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sex, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958927|sex (#289958927)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  11. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → human sexual behavior, floor, Sex +8
    Facet of → reproduction
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Biology, WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies, WikiProject Sexology and sexuality +1
    Local thumb → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 5291, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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