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apostrophe

address to a person often not present or a personified object
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apostrophe

Summary

apostrophe is a stylistic device[1]. apostrophe draws 324 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #49 of 107).[2]

Key Facts

  • apostrophe's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • apostrophe's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4].
  • apostrophe's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • apostrophe's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • apostrophe's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[7].
  • apostrophe's different from is recorded as apostrophe[8].
  • apostrophe's different from is recorded as vocative expression[9].

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Definition and Type

apostrophe's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].

Why It Matters

apostrophe draws 324 Wikipedia views per month (stylistic_device category, ranking #49 of 107).[2] apostrophe has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] apostrophe is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → apostrophe, vocative expression
    Instance of → stylistic device
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007294030805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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