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magical thinking

illogical conclusions based on correlated events, or belief that unrelated events are causally connected despite the absence of any plausible causal link between them
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magical thinking

Summary

magical thinking is a cognitive bias[1]. It draws 780 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #10 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • magical thinking's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[3].
  • magical thinking's instance of is recorded as cognitive distortion[4].
  • magical thinking's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[5].
  • magical thinking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019b28[6].
  • magical thinking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Magical thinking[7].
  • magical thinking's Quora topic ID is recorded as Magical-Thinking-1[8].
  • magical thinking's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 8193761[9].
  • magical thinking's KBpedia ID is recorded as MagicalThinking[10].
  • magical thinking's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C8193761[11].
  • magical thinking's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as psychology/magical-thinking[12].

Why It Matters

magical thinking draws 780 Wikipedia views per month (cognitive_bias category, ranking #10 of 95).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). magical thinking. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/magical-thinking
MLA “magical thinking.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/magical-thinking.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_magical-thinking_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{magical thinking}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/magical-thinking}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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