risk
potential for uncontrolled loss due to underlying vulnerability or uncertainties
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Summary
risk is a possibility[1]. risk draws 4,218 Wikipedia views per month (possibility category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: probability[3], type of problem[4]
- Subclass of: possibility[5]
- Commons category: Risk[6]
- Said to be the same as: dangerousness[7]
- Opposite of: opportunity[8]
- Has part(s): selection[9]
- Has cause: risk source[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Risk[11]
- Facet of: decision making[12], suffering[13], degradation[14]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15]
- Partially coincident with: harmfulness[16]
- Title: Risk | economics[17], Risk | probability[18], Risk | Brilliant Math & Science Wiki[19], MeSH Linked Data[20]
- Has contributing factor: risk factor[21]
- Has effect: excitement[22], liability for risk[23]
- Has characteristic: risk context[24], probability measure[25], Knightian uncertainty[26]
- Different from: Alea[27]
- Studied by: risk management[28], risk analysis[29], risk assessment[30]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[31]
- Handled, mitigated, or managed by: risk management[32], risk management tool[33], monitoring and evaluation[34], risk control[35], protective device[36], protective factor[37]
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Influence
Things named for risk include Risklayer[38], a research institute[39], in Germany[40].
Why It Matters
risk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] risk is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for risk include Risklayer[38], a research institute[39], in Germany[40].