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flow

Summary

flow is a mental state[1]. flow ranks in the top 7% of mental_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,132 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • flow is credited with the discovery of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi[3].
  • flow's instance of is recorded as mental state[4].
  • flow is part of psychological terminology[5].
  • flow's Commons category is recorded as Flow (psychology)[6].
  • flow's facet of is recorded as psychology[7].
  • flow's different from is recorded as flux[8].
  • flow's different from is recorded as flow[9].

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Context

flow is part of psychological terminology[5]. flow's instance of is recorded as mental state[4].

Why It Matters

flow ranks in the top 7% of mental_state entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,132 views/month).[2] flow has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] flow is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi psychology Tony Hsieh

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flow-q750449_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{flow}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flow-q750449}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Facet of → psychology
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → mental state
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 24415, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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