trilemma

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Viktor Vasnetsov · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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trilemma

Summary

trilemma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trilemma's image is recorded as 19-v 2h Vasnetsov.jpg[2].
  • trilemma's follows is recorded as dilemma[3].
  • trilemma's followed by is recorded as tetralemma[4].
  • trilemma's subclass of is recorded as rhetorical device[5].
  • trilemma's Commons category is recorded as Trilemmas[6].
  • trilemma's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02gj9p[7].
  • trilemma's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0215620[8].
  • trilemma's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0148227[9].
  • trilemma's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • trilemma's different from is recorded as impossible trinity[11].
  • trilemma's Quora topic ID is recorded as Trilemma[12].
  • trilemma's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780676692[13].
  • trilemma's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2780676692[14].
  • trilemma's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as trilema[15].

Why It Matters

trilemma ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (192 views/month).[1] trilemma has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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