sodomy

any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or historically homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex
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sodomy

Summary

sodomy ranks in the top 0.066% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,941 views/month, #51 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • sodomy's main regulatory text is recorded as sodomy law[2].
  • Sodom is named after sodomy[3].
  • sodomy is a type of sex crime[4].
  • sodomy is a type of human sexual behavior[5].
  • sodomy's Commons category is recorded as Sodomy[6].
  • sodomy's said to be the same as is recorded as Fahisha[7].
  • sodomy is the opposite of penile–vaginal intercourse[8].
  • sodomy comprises homosexual behavior[9].
  • sodomy comprises oral sex[10].
  • sodomy comprises anal sex[11].
  • sodomy comprises zoophilia[12].
  • sodomy comprises masturbation[13].
  • sodomy comprises paraphilia[14].
  • sodomy comprises promiscuity[15].
  • sodomy comprises incest[16].
  • sodomy's facet of is recorded as sin[17].
  • sodomy's facet of is recorded as human sexuality[18].
  • sodomy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • sodomy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki99/LGBT+[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sex crime[4] and human sexual behavior[5]. sodomy is the opposite of penile–vaginal intercourse[8].

Origins

Sodom is named after sodomy[3].

Use and Application

Components include homosexual behavior[9]; oral sex[10]; anal sex[11], a human sexual behavior[21]; zoophilia[12], a sexual preference[22]; masturbation[13], an autoeroticism[23]; and paraphilia[14], a class of disease[24].

Why It Matters

sodomy ranks in the top 0.066% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,941 views/month, #51 of 77,819).[1] sodomy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] sodomy is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of sin, human sexuality
    Main regulatory text sodomy law
    Named after Sodom
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wiki99/LGBT+
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553570005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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