uncanny valley

hypothesis that human replicas which appear almost like real human beings elicit revulsion
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uncanny valley

Summary

uncanny valley is a psychology concept[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of psychology_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,963 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley.svg[3].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley az.svg[4].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley de.svg[5].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley fr.svg[6].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley he.svg[7].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley it.svg[8].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley ko.svg[9].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley mk.svg[10].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley NL.svg[11].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley ru.svg[12].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley sv.svg[13].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley tr.svg[14].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley zh-tw.svg[15].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley zh.svg[16].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori Uncanny Valley-fi.svg[17].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Mori ÕõvaOrg.png[18].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Dolina niesamowitosci.png[19].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Valle inexplicable.gif[20].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Wpdms fh uncanny valley.jpg[21].
  • uncanny valley's image is recorded as Vall inquietant de Masahiro Mori.jpg[22].
  • uncanny valley's instance of is recorded as psychology concept[23].
  • uncanny valley's instance of is recorded as artificial word[24].
  • uncanny valley's subclass of is recorded as creepiness[25].
  • uncanny valley's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[26].
  • uncanny valley's Commons category is recorded as Uncanny valley[27].

Why It Matters

uncanny valley ranks in the top 5% of psychology_concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,963 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). uncanny valley. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/uncanny-valley
MLA “uncanny valley.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/uncanny-valley.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_uncanny-valley_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{uncanny valley}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/uncanny-valley}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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