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defection

giving up of allegiance to one state for allegiance to another in a manner considered illegitimate by the first state
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defection

Summary

defection is a political concept[1]. defection draws 1,342 Wikipedia views per month (political_concept category, ranking #14 of 86).[2]

Key Facts

  • defection's instance of is recorded as political concept[3].
  • defection is a type of change[4].
  • defection is a type of betrayal[5].
  • defection's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Defection[6].
  • defection's partially coincident with is recorded as treason[7].
  • defection's different from is recorded as emigration[8].
  • defection's different from is recorded as immigration[9].
  • defection's practiced by is recorded as defector[10].

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Definition and Type

defection's instance of is recorded as political concept[3]. Recorded subclass of include change[4] and betrayal[5].

Why It Matters

defection draws 1,342 Wikipedia views per month (political_concept category, ranking #14 of 86).[2] defection has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] defection is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_defection_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{defection}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/defection}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → emigration, immigration
    Subclass of → change, betrayal
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14544, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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