skepticism

questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma
Event attitude Q1395219
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skepticism

Summary

skepticism is an attitude[1]. skepticism draws 15,526 Wikipedia views per month (attitude category, ranking #2 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • skepticism's instance of is recorded as attitude[3].
  • skepticism's instance of is recorded as philosophical schools and traditions[4].
  • skepticism is a type of tendency[5].
  • skepticism's Commons category is recorded as Skepticism[6].
  • skepticism comprises philosophical skepticism[7].
  • skepticism comprises scientific skepticism[8].
  • skepticism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Skepticism[9].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[10].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[14].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • skepticism's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • skepticism's topic has template is recorded as Template:Skepticism[19].
  • skepticism's contributing factor of is recorded as doubt[20].
  • skepticism's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'grc', 'text': 'σκεπτικός'}[21].
  • skepticism's different from is recorded as stoicism[22].
  • skepticism's practiced by is recorded as skeptic[23].
  • skepticism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • skepticism's P14483 is recorded as e/escepticisimo[25].
  • skepticism's P14541 is recorded as 3O8lcN[26].

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Context

Recorded instance of include attitude[3] and philosophical schools and traditions[4].

Why It Matters

skepticism draws 15,526 Wikipedia views per month (attitude category, ranking #2 of 13).[2] skepticism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] skepticism is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'br', 'bs', 'btm'
    Sitelink count → 94
    Harper's tag → skepticism
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: skepticism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289959764|skepticism (#289959764)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 11d ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/escepticisimo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14483]]: e/escepticisimo, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275041|batch #275041]]"
  3. 23d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX526701
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX526701"
  4. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3O8lcN
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0257595-skepticismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0257595-skepticismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11675, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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