war

organized and prolonged violent conflict between different nations, states, or different groups within a nation or state
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Summary

war is a type of conflict[1]. war ranks in the top 4% of type of conflict entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,761 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: aspect of history[3]
  • Subclass of: armed conflict[4], social issue[5], occurrence[6], military action[7], group conflict[8]
  • Commons category: War[9]
  • Opposite of: peace[10]
  • Has part(s): battle[11], war phase[12], warfare[13]
  • Participant: state[14], military organization[15]
  • Has cause: casus belli[16], conflict escalation[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:War[18], Category:Wars[19]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:War[20]
  • Facet of: era[21]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[22], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[23], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[24], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[25], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[31], Dresdner Hefte[32]
  • Topic has template: Template:War[33], Template:Infobox war[34]
  • Used by: by war[35]
  • Has effect: effects of war[36]
  • Has characteristic: type of war[37]
  • Main Wikidata property: P607[38]
  • Different from: fatherland[39], violent conflict[40], mass killing[41]
  • History of topic: history of war[42]
  • Has list: list of wars[43]
  • Hashtag: wars[44]
  • Studied by: military history[45], war studies[46], peace and conflict studies[47], sociology of peace, war, and social conflict[48]
  • Union of: list of values as qualifiers[49]

Body

Influence

Things named for war include The War[50], a film[51], directed by Jon Avnet[52]; War[53], a film[54], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[55]; Voina[56], an organization[57], in Russia[58], founded in 2007[59]; Hogs of War[60], a video game[61]; and thumb war[62], a hand game[63].

Why It Matters

war has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] war is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

Entities named for war include The War[50], a film[51], directed by Jon Avnet[52]; War[53], a film[54], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[55]; Voina[56], an organization[57], in Russia[58], founded in 2007[59]; Hogs of War[60], a video game[61]; and thumb war[62], a hand game[63].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Q25374717. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . Q25374717. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Q25374717. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . Q25374717. wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Q25374717. wikidata.org.
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  43. [45] ↑ . Q25374717. wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [62] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [57] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [63] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 11h ago · Charp238 · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → War in Bakhmut, 2023-03.webm
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Video: War in Bakhmut, 2023-03.webm"
  2. 3d ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: War, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/fb2d267272cf|details]])"
  3. 5d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 267
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', '
    Fandom article id → historica:War
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:War, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/300140351|War (#300140351)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Historica Wiki article"
  4. 21d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 267
    Semantic scholar topic id → 315883
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'av', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Semantic scholar topic id: 315883, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/255415721|War (#255415721)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7439|Semantic Scholar topic"
  5. 4w ago · Putnik · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → karas
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: karas"
  6. 13w ago · Circeus · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → by war
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Used by: by war"
  7. 13w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has list → list of wars
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has list: list of wars"
  8. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Frankfurt Egelsbach airfield
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q321727, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  9. 13w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → armed conflict, social issue, occurrence +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Union of: list of values as qualifiers"
  10. 13w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → era
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Facet of: era"
  11. 14w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 14777
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 14777, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167485417|WAR (#167485417)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix"
  12. 14w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Union of → list of values as qualifiers
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Union of: list of values as qualifiers"
  13. 14w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → battle, war phase, warfare
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): warfare"
  14. 14w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → military history, war studies, peace and conflict studies +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Studied by: Institute for the Study of War"
  15. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → war, wars
    Vgc theme id → 1131
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Vgc theme id: 1131, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/179716342|War (#179716342)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6787|VGC themes]] #mix'n'match"
  16. 19w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → war, wars
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: war, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289967859|war (#289967859)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  17. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006560-valky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0006560-valky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  18. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron +9
    Local thumb → —
    Instance of → type of conflict, aspect of history
    Instance of → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 1271, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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