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truism

Summary

truism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • truism's subclass of is recorded as communication[2].
  • truism's subclass of is recorded as self-evidence[3].
  • truism's said to be the same as is recorded as Q2456286[4].
  • truism's opposite of is recorded as falsism[5].
  • truism's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022qzp[6].
  • truism's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1200635[7].
  • truism's described by source is recorded as Siyasî Düşünce Sözlüğü[8].
  • truism's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778717175[9].

Why It Matters

truism ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[1] truism has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] truism is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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