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Pyrrhic victory

victory at an unsustainable cost
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Pyrrhic victory
Joseph Keppler · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Pyrrhic victory is a metonymy[1]. It draws 11,821 Wikipedia views per month (metonymy category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Named after: Pyrrhus[3], Battle of Asculum[4]
  • Subclass of: success[5]
  • Described by source: New International Encyclopedia[6]
  • Different from: Cadmean victory[7]

Why It Matters

Pyrrhic victory has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Pyrrhus

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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] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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