doubt

status between belief and disbelief, involves uncertainty or distrust in an alleged fact, action, motive, or decision
Event mental_state Q34302
doubt
Henrietta Rae · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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doubt

Summary

doubt is a mental state[1]. doubt draws 419 Wikipedia views per month (mental_state category, ranking #9 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • doubt's instance of is recorded as mental state[3].
  • doubt is a type of belief[4].
  • doubt is part of theory of emotion[5].
  • doubt is part of psychological terminology[6].
  • doubt's Commons category is recorded as Doubt[7].
  • doubt's said to be the same as is recorded as suspicion[8].
  • doubt is the opposite of faith[9].
  • doubt's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Doubt[10].
  • doubt's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[11].
  • doubt's partially coincident with is recorded as uncertainty[12].
  • doubt's partially coincident with is recorded as unbelief[13].
  • doubt's has characteristic is recorded as uncertainty[14].
  • doubt's has characteristic is recorded as distrust[15].
  • doubt's different from is recorded as belief[16].
  • doubt's different from is recorded as unbelief[17].
  • doubt's different from is recorded as Q108990170[18].
  • doubt's studied by is recorded as agnotology[19].
  • doubt's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].

Body

Context

Part of include theory of emotion[5], a psychological theory[21] and psychological terminology[6]. doubt's instance of is recorded as mental state[3].

Outcome and Impact

Things named for doubt include Doubt: A Parable[22], a literary work[23], written by John Patrick Shanley[24] and The Salmon of Doubt[25], a literary work[26], written by Q42[27].

Why It Matters

doubt draws 419 Wikipedia views per month (mental_state category, ranking #9 of 14).[2] doubt has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] doubt is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for doubt include Doubt: A Parable[22], a literary work[23], written by John Patrick Shanley[24] and The Salmon of Doubt[25], a literary work[26], written by Q42[27].

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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.
  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.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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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