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headhunting

the practice of literally taking a person's head after killing them
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headhunting

Summary

headhunting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (689 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • headhunting is a type of human trophy collecting[2].
  • headhunting's Commons category is recorded as Headhunting[3].
  • headhunting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Headhunting[4].
  • headhunting's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • headhunting's different from is recorded as Q9394393[6].

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Definition and Type

headhunting is a type of human trophy collecting[2].

Why It Matters

headhunting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (689 views/month).[1] headhunting has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] headhunting is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Q9394393
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Topic's main category → Category:Headhunting
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 21775, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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