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transgression or alleged transgression resulting in public outrage
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scandal

Summary

scandal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (494 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • scandal is a type of incident[2].
  • scandal is a type of controversy[3].
  • scandal's Commons category is recorded as Scandals[4].
  • scandal's said to be the same as is recorded as affair[5].
  • scandal comprises surprise[6].
  • scandal comprises anger[7].
  • scandal's has cause is recorded as transgression[8].
  • scandal's has cause is recorded as allegation[9].
  • scandal's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Scandals[10].
  • scandal's contributing factor of is recorded as conflict[11].
  • scandal's contributing factor of is recorded as gossip[12].
  • scandal's contributing factor of is recorded as public opinion[13].
  • scandal's has characteristic is recorded as publicity[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include incident[2] and controversy[3].

Use and Application

Components include surprise[6], a basic emotion[15] and anger[7], a negative emotion[16].

Why It Matters

scandal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (494 views/month).[1] scandal has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] scandal is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). scandal. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/scandal-q192909-2
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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → affair
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → incident, controversy
    Has part(s) → surprise, anger
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12510, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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