friendship

Summary

friendship ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• friendship is a type of interpersonal relationship^[2].
• friendship is used for friend^[3].
• friendship's Commons category is recorded as Friendship^[4].
• friendship is the opposite of enmity^[5].
• friendship comprises comradeship^[6].
• friendship comprises companionship^[7].
• friendship's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Friendship^[8].
• friendship's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory^[9].
• friendship's has effect is recorded as happiness^[10].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as reciprocity^[11].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as affection^[12].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as politeness^[13].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as selflessness^[14].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as sympathy^[15].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as interest^[16].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as commonality^[17].
• friendship's has characteristic is recorded as sincerity^[18].
• friendship's different from is recorded as friendliness^[19].
• friendship's different from is recorded as friend^[20].
• friendship's different from is recorded as alliance^[21].
• friendship's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[22].

Body

Definition and Type

friendship is a type of interpersonal relationship^[2]. friendship is the opposite of enmity^[5].

Use and Application

friendship is used for friend^[3]. Components include comradeship^[6] and companionship^[7].

Influence

Things named for friendship include Order of Friendship^[23], an order^[24], in Russia^[25], founded in 1994^[26]; Friendship Bridge^[27], a deck arch bridge^[28], in Brazil^[29], founded in 1965^[30]; natrophilite^[31], a mineral species^[32]; Youyi Bridge^[33], a bridge^[34], in Pakistan^[35]; Dousti Square^[36], a street^[37], in Tajikistan^[38], founded in 1961^[39]; 367 Amicitia^[40], an asteroid^[41]; kaliophilite^[42], a mineral species^[43]; and Dostuk, Batken District^[44].

Why It Matters

friendship ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (427 views/month).^[1] friendship has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[45] friendship is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[46]

Entities named for friendship include Order of Friendship^[23], an order^[24], in Russia^[25], founded in 1994^[26]; Friendship Bridge^[27], a deck arch bridge^[28], in Brazil^[29], founded in 1965^[30]; natrophilite^[31], a mineral species^[32]; Youyi Bridge^[33], a bridge^[34], in Pakistan^[35]; Dousti Square^[36], a street^[37], in Tajikistan^[38], founded in 1961^[39]; and 367 Amicitia^[40], an asteroid^[41].