world upside down

artistic and literary/narrative literary topos and iconographic theme
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world upside down

Summary

world upside down is a literary topos[1]. It draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (literary_topos category, ranking #10 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • world upside down's instance of is recorded as literary topos[3].
  • world upside down's instance of is recorded as artistic theme[4].
  • world upside down is a type of paradox[5].
  • world upside down's Commons category is recorded as World upside down[6].
  • world upside down's described by source is recorded as Il mondo alla rovescia[7].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary topos[3] and artistic theme[4]. world upside down is a type of paradox[5].

Influence

Things named for world upside down include The Inverted World[8], a literary work[9], written by Christopher Priest[10] and Il mondo alla rovescia[11], a dramatico-musical work[12].

Why It Matters

world upside down draws 50 Wikipedia views per month (literary_topos category, ranking #10 of 10).[2] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Entities named for it include The Inverted World[8], a literary work[9], written by Christopher Priest[10] and Il mondo alla rovescia[11], a dramatico-musical work[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [12] . 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. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Subclass of paradox
    Instance of
    Instance of literary topos, artistic theme
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