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exemplum

moral anecdote, brief or extended, real or fictitious, used to illustrate a point
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exemplum

Summary

exemplum is a literary genre[1]. exemplum draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #175 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • exemplum's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • exemplum's genre is Musar literature[4].
  • exemplum is a type of anecdote[5].
  • exemplum's described by source is recorded as Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd edition)[6].
  • exemplum's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[7].

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Definition and Type

exemplum's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. exemplum is a type of anecdote[5].

Why It Matters

exemplum draws 153 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #175 of 487).[2] exemplum has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] exemplum is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd edition), Basque Literature Terms Dictionary
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → anecdote
    Instance of → literary genre
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007562826105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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