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coincidence

improbable concurrence or near-concurrence of seemingly related events or circumstances that have no causal relation
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coincidence

Summary

coincidence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (819 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • coincidence is a type of phenomenon[2].
  • coincidence is a type of group[3].
  • coincidence comprises situation[4].
  • coincidence comprises occurrence[5].
  • coincidence's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coincidence[6].
  • coincidence's partially coincident with is recorded as simultaneity[7].
  • coincidence's partially coincident with is recorded as coincidence[8].
  • coincidence's contributing factor of is recorded as fatalism[9].
  • coincidence's has characteristic is recorded as notability[10].
  • coincidence's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • coincidence's does not have characteristic is recorded as cause[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include phenomenon[2] and group[3].

Use and Application

Components include situation[4], a condition type[13] and occurrence[5].

Why It Matters

coincidence ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (819 views/month).[1] coincidence has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] coincidence is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Partially coincident with → simultaneity, coincidence
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Mathematics
    Has characteristic → notability
    Does not have characteristic → cause
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283907505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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