villain

evil character in a story
Thing stock_character Q290691
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villain

Summary

villain is a stock character[1]. villain draws 921 Wikipedia views per month (stock_character category, ranking #16 of 83).[2]

Key Facts

  • villain's image is recorded as Villainc.jpg[3].
  • villain's instance of is recorded as stock character[4].
  • villain's instance of is recorded as role[5].
  • villain's GND ID is recorded as 4146205-1[6].
  • villain's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12161471q[7].
  • villain's subclass of is recorded as character[8].
  • villain's Commons category is recorded as Villains[9].
  • villain's opposite of is recorded as hero[10].
  • villain's opposite of is recorded as anti-villain[11].
  • villain's opposite of is recorded as antagonist[12].
  • villain's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01lr3v[13].
  • villain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Villains[14].
  • villain's partially coincident with is recorded as antagonist[15].
  • villain's has characteristic is recorded as evil[16].
  • villain's BBC Things ID is recorded as afd0d583-282a-4265-b68c-44742fa90e8a[17].
  • villain's different from is recorded as wrongdoer[18].
  • villain's different from is recorded as antagonist[19].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'شِرِّيرَة'}[20].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'villainess'}[21].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'maliculino'}[22].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'villana'}[23].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'méchante'}[24].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'נבלת-על'}[25].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'mk', 'text': 'злобница'}[26].
  • villain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'злодейка'}[27].

Why It Matters

villain draws 921 Wikipedia views per month (stock_character category, ranking #16 of 83).[2] villain has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] villain is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  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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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). villain. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/villain
MLA “villain.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/villain.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_villain_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{villain}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/villain}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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