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critical thinking

analysis of facts, with certain levels of rigor and problem-solving abilities, to form a judgment
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Summary

critical thinking is a soft skills[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: reasoning[3], evaluation[4]
  • Part of: psychological terminology[5], philosophy of education[6]
  • Commons category: Critical thinking[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Critical thinking[8]
  • Facet of: thought[9], critique[10]
  • Partially coincident with: reflective practice[11]
  • Uses: systematic process[12]
  • P14541: 2oN8mr[13]

Why It Matters

critical thinking is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

book information famine Stéphanie Lehuger

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX551093
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  2. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → critical-thinking
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: critical-thinking, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923922|critical thinking (#289923922)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  3. 10w ago · FabC · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → soft skills
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: soft skills"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2oN8mr
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  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006367-kriticke-mysleni
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