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idea

mental image or concept
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Summary

idea ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,855 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: mental representation[2]
  • Part of: thought[3], psychological terminology[4]
  • Commons category: Ideas[5]
  • Said to be the same as: concept[6]
  • Has cause: ideation[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ideas[8]
  • Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11], National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[12]
  • Hashtag: idea[13]

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Influence

Things named for idea include Research Papers in Economics[14], a bibliographic database[15], founded in 1997[16].

Why It Matters

idea has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] idea is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Entities named for idea include Research Papers in Economics[14], a bibliographic database[15], founded in 1997[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Q96251598
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of object"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Ideas
    Has cause → ideation
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 23818, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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