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appeal to tradition

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appeal to tradition

Summary

appeal to tradition is a type of fallacy[1]. It draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_fallacy category, ranking #11 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • appeal to tradition's instance of is recorded as type of fallacy[3].
  • appeal to tradition's subclass of is recorded as fallacy[4].
  • appeal to tradition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/017ctg[5].
  • appeal to tradition's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2777180732[6].
  • appeal to tradition's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/AppealToTradition[7].
  • appeal to tradition's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Appeal_to_tradition[8].

Why It Matters

appeal to tradition draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_fallacy category, ranking #11 of 13).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . rationalwiki.org. Retrieved . rationalwiki.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). appeal to tradition. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-tradition
MLA “appeal to tradition.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-tradition.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_appeal-to-tradition_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{appeal to tradition}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-tradition}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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