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sexology

scientific study of human sexuality
Intangible academic_discipline Q170912
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Summary

sexology is an academic discipline[1]. sexology ranks in the top 6% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,896 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of sociology[3], branch of psychology[4]
  • Subclass of: psychology[5], sociology[6], medicine[7]
  • Commons category: Sexology[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Sexology[9]
  • Different from: philosophy of love[10]
  • Is the study of: human sexuality[11]
  • Practiced by: sexologist[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Sexology and sexuality[13], WikiProject Psychology[14], WikiProject Medicine[15], WikiProject Gender Studies[16], WikiProject LGBTQ+ studies[17]

Why It Matters

sexology has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] sexology is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Edvard Westermarck Havelock Ellis Institute for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry Institut für Sexualwissenschaft Karl Heinrich Ulrichs medicine psychology Richard von Krafft-Ebing sociology

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q36236 (mal)-Netha Hussain-സെക്സോളജി.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q36236 (mal)-Netha Hussain-സെക്സോളജി.wav"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → sexology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: sexology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959008|sexology (#289959008)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004612-sexuologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0004612-sexuologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → philosophy of love
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3545943
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 13569, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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