Trending Schools of Thought in Russia this year
The 100 most-viewed schools of thought this year on Wikipedia (Russia). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: 6-7.
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Ranked
40,999
Total Views (this year)
1
6-7
2025-2026 Internet meme
13,022
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2
Buddhism
Indian religion
1,347
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3
existentialism
philosophical and literary current
874
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4
Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substa
767
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5
nihilism
philosophy of negation towards concepts, meaning, or life
761
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6
stoicism
school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia
760
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7
atheism
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
738
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8
Sunni Islam
most populous Islamic denomination
723
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9
deism
belief in God without revelation
648
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10
Marxism
economic and sociopolitical worldview
633
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11
naturism
movement for social nudity
612
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12
Shia Islam
second-most populous Islamic denomination
598
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13
Taoism
religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin
587
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14
dialectic
method of argument for resolving disagreement
587
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15
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
584
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16
Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
577
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17
eugenics
a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
560
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views
18
2012 phenomenon
eschatological beliefs surrounding 21 December 2012
532
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19
Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
471
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views
20
homophobia
negative attitudes, prejudice and discrimination towards homosexuality
422
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views
21
globalization
process of international integration arising from world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture
422
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22
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
413
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23
Trotskyism
variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky
369
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24
Confucianism
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
358
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25
supply and demand
economic model of price determination in microeconomics
351
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views
26
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
349
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27
Nestorianism
Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
329
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28
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
313
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29
humanism
philosophical school of thought
288
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views
30
Chinese astrology
Astrology based on Chinese astronomy
282
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31
original sin
Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man
274
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32
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
269
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33
hermeticism
philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
266
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34
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
265
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35
filioque clause
word (“and the Son”) found in Latin—but not Greek—versions of the Nicene Creed: “Spiritum Sanctum […] qui ex Patre ⟨Filioque⟩ procedit” (Hol
259
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views
36
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
258
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views
37
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
238
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38
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
229
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39
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
224
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views
40
egalitarianism
trend of thought that favors equality for all people
223
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41
Lysenkoism
pseudoscientific biological theory in the U.S.S.R.
220
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42
positivism
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative kn
215
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43
Ibadi Islam
It is considered the third Islamic school of thought after the Sunni and Shia schools.
208
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44
Epicureanism
philosophical movement developed by Epicurus
202
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45
anarcho-communism
political philosophy and school of thought
201
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46
Sect of Skhariya the Jew
15th-16th–century religious sect in Russia
201
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views
47
empiricism
theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
199
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48
Rechtsstaat
doctrine in European legal thinking, means "state based on justice and integrity"
199
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49
pragmatism
philosophical tradition
196
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50
Neoplatonism
strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD
194
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views
51
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
192
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views
52
Russian cosmism
philosophical and cultural movement that emerged in Russia in the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries
187
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53
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
182
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54
madhhab
school of thought within Islamic jurisprudence
182
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55
dialectical materialism
philosophy derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
177
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views
56
Frankfurt School
school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory
174
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views
57
materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
173
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58
utilitarianism
ethical theory which holds that the right action is the one that maximizes aggregate well-being
173
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59
divide and rule
strategy in politics and sociology for stabilizing anti-democratic, illegitimate rule over people
170
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views
60
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
169
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61
Noble Eightfold Path
one of the principal teachings of the Buddha
169
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62
antinatalism
philosophical position that assigns a negative value to procreation
168
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63
monism
view that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept
164
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views
64
Darwinism
theory of biological evolution driven by natural selection
163
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views
65
analytic philosophy
20th-century tradition of Western philosophy
163
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views
66
fatalism
philosophical doctrine emphasising the subjugation of all events or actions to fate
162
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views
67
skepticism
questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma
159
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views
68
Keynesian economics
group of macroeconomic theories
155
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views
69
phenomenology
early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the exter
155
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views
70
elite theory
theory of the state
153
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views
71
Pythagoreanism
system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
153
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views
72
Bogomilism
Christian neo-Gnostic sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century
153
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views
73
Dormition of the Mother of God
Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches
152
views
views
74
mercantilism
early economic theory
148
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views
75
Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823
143
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views
76
Great Tribulation
In Christian eschatology, a period mentioned in the Olivet Discourse as a sign that would occur in end times
140
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views
77
business cycle
fluctuation in the degree of utilization of the production potential of an economy
140
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78
Kharijites
Early Islamic rebellious sect
137
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views
79
Cynicism
Ancient school of philosophy
136
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80
nontrinitarianism
form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity
130
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81
rationalism
philosophical view that reason should be the chief source of knowledge
130
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82
aerial toll house
concept in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
129
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83
Dutch disease
apparent causal relationship between the increase in the economic development of a specific sector and a decline in other sectors
128
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84
Aeon
emanation of God; class of beings in Gnosticism
128
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85
apatheism
attitude of apathy towards claims of existence or nonexistence of god(s)
127
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86
Malthusianism
social theory regarding the natural relationship between population growth and food supply
125
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87
Traditionalist School
perennial philosophy
123
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88
liberal conservatism
political ideology within conservatism
123
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89
deconstruction
critical outlook concerned with the relationship between text and meaning
122
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90
Nizari Isma'ilism
branch of Isma'ili Shia Islam
120
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views
91
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
119
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92
obscurantism
Aiming to hide information or insight
115
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93
Immaculate Conception of Mary
teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin
112
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94
Advaita Vedanta
school of Hindu philosophy; a classic path to spiritual realization
111
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views
95
millennialism
kind of religious belief
110
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views
96
White Rose
non-violent, intellectual resistance group in Nazi Germany, consisting of students from the University of Munich and their philosophy profes
108
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97
Legalism
one of the six classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy
108
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views
98
anti-intellectualism
anti-philosophical attitude
108
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views
99
anarcho-syndicalism
branch of anarchism
107
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views
100
Westernism
political ideology in 19th-century Russian Empire advocating the adoption of Western European technology and liberal government
107
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