animism

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animism

Summary

animism is a religion[1]. animism ranks in the top 6% of religion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,471 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • animism's instance of is recorded as religion[3].
  • animism's instance of is recorded as religion type[4].
  • animism is a type of traditional religion[5].
  • animism is a type of animism[6].
  • animism's Commons category is recorded as Animism[7].
  • animism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Animism[8].
  • animism's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as religion=animist[9].
  • animism's described by source is recorded as The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought[10].
  • animism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • animism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • animism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • animism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[14].
  • animism's has characteristic is recorded as animism[15].
  • animism's different from is recorded as Animeism[16].
  • animism's practiced by is recorded as animist[17].
  • animism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

Why It Matters

animism ranks in the top 6% of religion entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,471 views/month).[2] animism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] animism is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . anthroencyclopedia.com. anthroencyclopedia.com. Provenance: 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.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Described by source The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Thought, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Instance of religion, religion type
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6426, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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