just-world fallacy

cognitive bias that assumes that actions will have morally fair and fitting consequences for the actor
Place hypothesis Q1511079
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just-world fallacy

Summary

just-world fallacy is a hypothesis[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of hypothesis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • just-world fallacy's instance of is recorded as hypothesis[3].
  • just-world fallacy's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[4].
  • just-world fallacy's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[5].
  • just-world fallacy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03hn4y[6].
  • just-world fallacy's Quora topic ID is recorded as Just-world-Hypothesis[7].
  • just-world fallacy's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 37544881[8].
  • just-world fallacy's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Just_world_hypothesis[9].
  • just-world fallacy's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C37544881[10].
  • just-world fallacy's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 39339[11].

Body

Geography

just-world fallacy's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[5].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include hypothesis[3] and cognitive bias[4].

Why It Matters

just-world fallacy ranks in the top 9% of hypothesis entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (662 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). just-world fallacy. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/just-world-fallacy
MLA “just-world fallacy.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/just-world-fallacy.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_just-world-fallacy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{just-world fallacy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/just-world-fallacy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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