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pars pro toto

Latin for a part (taken) for the whole
Thing phrase Q736444
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pars pro toto

Summary

pars pro toto is a phrase[1]. It draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (phrase category, ranking #45 of 211).[2]

Key Facts

  • pars pro toto's instance of is recorded as phrase[3].
  • pars pro toto's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[4].
  • pars pro toto's instance of is recorded as rhetorical device[5].
  • pars pro toto's opposite of is recorded as Totum pro parte[6].
  • pars pro toto's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03jkyn[7].
  • pars pro toto's described by source is recorded as Q23862405[8].
  • pars pro toto's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • pars pro toto's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as taal-begrippen-en-termen/pars-pro-toto[10].
  • pars pro toto's Lex ID is recorded as pars_pro_toto[11].

Why It Matters

pars pro toto draws 208 Wikipedia views per month (phrase category, ranking #45 of 211).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

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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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . 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). pars pro toto. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/pars-pro-toto
MLA “pars pro toto.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/pars-pro-toto.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pars-pro-toto_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pars pro toto}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pars-pro-toto}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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