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compulsive behavior

performing an act persistently and repetitively without it necessarily leading to an actual reward or pleasure
MedicalCondition psychopathological_symptom Q266332
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compulsive behavior

Summary

compulsive behavior is a psychopathological symptom[1]. It draws 724 Wikipedia views per month (psychopathological_symptom category, ranking #16 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • compulsive behavior's instance of is recorded as psychopathological symptom[3].
  • compulsive behavior's instance of is recorded as health problem[4].
  • compulsive behavior is a type of behavior[5].
  • compulsive behavior's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Compulsions[6].
  • compulsive behavior's has characteristic is recorded as compulsion[7].
  • compulsive behavior's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C94241[8].
  • compulsive behavior's different from is recorded as intrusive thought[9].
  • compulsive behavior's different from is recorded as Q118646600[10].
  • compulsive behavior's health specialty is recorded as psychiatry[11].
  • compulsive behavior's health specialty is recorded as psychology[12].
  • compulsive behavior's characteristic of is recorded as obsessive-compulsive disorder[13].

Why It Matters

compulsive behavior draws 724 Wikipedia views per month (psychopathological_symptom category, ranking #16 of 36).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

psychiatry psychology

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → behavior
    Subclass of → —
    Characteristic of → obsessive-compulsive disorder
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007545779905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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