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romantic friendship

very close but non-sexual relationship between friends, often involving a degree of physical and emotional intimacy
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romantic friendship

Summary

romantic friendship ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • romantic friendship is a type of friendship[2].
  • romantic friendship is a type of intimate relationship[3].
  • romantic friendship's has characteristic is recorded as physical intimacy[4].
  • romantic friendship's has characteristic is recorded as emotional intimacy[5].
  • romantic friendship's has characteristic is recorded as best friend[6].
  • romantic friendship's different from is recorded as romantic love[7].
  • romantic friendship's different from is recorded as platonic love[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include friendship[2] and intimate relationship[3].

Why It Matters

romantic friendship ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Dronebogus · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Image → Frances Shimer Cindarella Gregory 1869.jpg
    Has characteristic → physical intimacy, emotional intimacy, best friend
    Subclass of → —
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Frances Shimer Cindarella Gregory 1869.jpg"
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