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politeness

practical application of good manners or etiquette so as not to offend others
Class type of: social norm, virtue Q281287
politeness
Louis Rémy Sabattier · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
virtue, social skill[4]
Subclass of
social norm, virtue
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Lean Logic[7][8]
Opposite of
rudeness[6]
Said to be the same as
courtesy[5]
Uses
etiquette[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en politeness en polite ar كياسة ar لباقة ar آداب ar أدب cs zdvořilost da høflighed de Zivilisiertheit de Höflichkeit el ευγένεια es cortesía es cortesia fa ادب fi kohteliaisuus fr courtoisie fr politesse he אדיבות he נימוס hi भद्रता
🔖 Identifiers · 19
GND ID
4160349-7
OpenAlex ID
C61123122
AniDB tag ID
2327
BBC Things ID
b5bad4d6-038b-4478-a123-5f81cd2d8cfd
FactGrid item ID
Christina Lindberg
Fandom article ID
memory-alpha:Politeness
Freebase ID
/m/015tz3
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
politeness
Krugosvet article (archived)
gumanitarnye_nauki/lingvistika/VEZHLIVOST.html
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
61123122
NL CR AUT ID
ph200855
Postimees topic ID
61944
Show all 19 identifiers +7
SVKKL authority ID
0222231-zdvorilost
Topic's main category
Category:Politeness
Vikidia article ID
fr:Politesse
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
01230397-n, 04920159-n
YSA ID
Y110218
YSO ID
7629
Yle topic ID
18-216559

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
virtue, social skill
Subclass of 2
virtue, social norm
Described by source 1
Lean Logic
Opposite of 1
rudeness
Said to be the same as 1
courtesy
Uses 1
etiquette
← Has characteristic 1
friendship
← Has use 1
etiquette
← Opposite of 1
rudeness
← Said to be the same as 1
courtesy
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Summary

politeness is a virtue[1]. politeness is a type of social norm[2] and virtue[3].

Related Entities

Lean Logic

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 5d ago · Anvilaquarius · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → 1912-03-11, La Ilustración Artística, Escena callejera paris
    "Changed claim: Image: 1912-03-11, La Ilustración Artística, Escena callejera parisiense, Sabattier (cropped).jpg"
  2. 10w ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article ID → memory-alpha:Politeness
    "Created claim: Fandom article ID: memory-alpha:Politeness"
  3. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0222231-zdvorilost
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0222231-zdvorilost, batch #259494"
  4. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Uses → etiquette
    Subclass of → social norm, virtue
    Instance of → virtue, social skill
    Said to be the same as → courtesy
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 7629, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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