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police state

state controlled by the police force
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Summary

police state ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,697 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: state[2]
  • Opposite of: Mafia state[3]
  • Partially coincident with: counterintelligence state[4]
  • Different from: state police[5]
  • Uses: political repression[6], secret police[7]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8]

Why It Matters

police state has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). police state. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/police-state
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_police-state_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{police state}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/police-state}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → counterintelligence state
    Opposite of → Mafia state
    Uses → political repression, secret police
    Different from → state police
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 16113, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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