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Opium of the people

Karl Marx's description of religion: “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
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Opium of the people

Summary

Opium of the people is a redewendung[1]. It draws 2,074 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #4 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • Opium of the people authored Karl Marx[3].
  • Opium of the people's instance of is recorded as redewendung[4].
  • Opium of the people is part of Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right'[5].
  • Opium of the people's main subject is religion[6].
  • Opium of the people's partially coincident with is recorded as Gerin oil[7].
  • Opium of the people's quotation or excerpt is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.'}[8].

Body

Definition and Type

Opium of the people's instance of is recorded as redewendung[4].

Use and Application

Opium of the people is part of Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right'[5].

Why It Matters

Opium of the people draws 2,074 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #4 of 38).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

Karl Marx religion

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Charp238 · 2026-08-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Part of → Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right'
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