joy

feeling of happiness
Event basic_emotion Q935526
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joy

Summary

joy is a basic emotion[1]. joy draws 3,262 Wikipedia views per month (basic_emotion category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • joy's instance of is recorded as basic emotion[3].
  • joy's instance of is recorded as basic feeling[4].
  • joy is a type of happiness[5].
  • joy is part of theory of emotion[6].
  • joy is part of psychological terminology[7].
  • joy's said to be the same as is recorded as happiness[8].
  • joy's said to be the same as is recorded as euphoria[9].
  • joy's said to be the same as is recorded as Sasson[10].
  • joy's said to be the same as is recorded as Gilo[11].
  • joy is the opposite of sadness[12].
  • joy is the opposite of sorrow[13].
  • joy's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[14].
  • joy's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MFOEM_000034[15].
  • joy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C77961[16].
  • joy's different from is recorded as Radość[17].
  • joy's different from is recorded as Joy[18].
  • joy's different from is recorded as Alegría[19].
  • joy's different from is recorded as Freude[20].
  • joy's P14439 is recorded as 000850[21].
  • joy's P14483 is recorded as g/gozo[22].

Body

Context

Part of include theory of emotion[6], a psychological theory[23] and psychological terminology[7]. Recorded instance of include basic emotion[3] and basic feeling[4].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for joy include The Joy of Sex[24], a written work[25], written by Alex Comfort[26]; Lacus Gaudii[27], a lacus[28]; and 8061 Gaudium[29], an asteroid[30].

Why It Matters

joy draws 3,262 Wikipedia views per month (basic_emotion category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] joy has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] joy is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for joy include The Joy of Sex[24], a written work[25], written by Alex Comfort[26]; Lacus Gaudii[27], a lacus[28]; and 8061 Gaudium[29], an asteroid[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22h ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 g/gozo
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14483]]: g/gozo"
  2. 7d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) XX530352
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX530352"
  3. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MFOEM_000034
    Nci thesaurus id C77961
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MFOEM_000034"
  4. 19d ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14439 000850
    Commons category
    Bbc things id 7940a581-18b7-449c-8657-4306b7dc8618
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 7940a581-18b7-449c-8657-4306b7dc8618, Adding BBC Things ID"
  5. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of happiness
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q8]]"
  6. 8w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id 8937
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8590]]: 8937, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167480709|JOY (#167480709)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'n'ma"
  7. 11w ago · Einar Myre · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id glede
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: glede, Moving from [[Q8]]"
  8. 13w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0004927-radost
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004927-radost, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
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