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iconoclasm

avoidance or destruction of religious, political or cultural icons
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iconoclasm

Summary

iconoclasm ranks in the top 0.82% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,318 views/month, #638 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • iconoclasm is a type of destruction[2].
  • iconoclasm is a type of prohibition[3].
  • iconoclasm's Commons category is recorded as Iconoclasm[4].
  • iconoclasm's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Iconoclasm[5].
  • iconoclasm's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6].
  • iconoclasm's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • iconoclasm's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8].
  • iconoclasm's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • iconoclasm's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • iconoclasm's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include destruction[2] and prohibition[3].

Why It Matters

iconoclasm ranks in the top 0.82% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,318 views/month, #638 of 77,819).[1] iconoclasm has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] iconoclasm is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 2004365
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → destruction, prohibition
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +2
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4429, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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