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genus

class of entities divided into subordinate species (logic)
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Summary

genus is a philosophical concept[1]. genus draws 158 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical concept category, ranking #164 of 256).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: predicable[3]
  • Subclass of: class[4]
  • Has part(s): species[5]
  • Described at URL: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/properties/[6], https://orb.binghamton.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=sagp[7], https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/genus[8], https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=genus[9]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[10]
  • Used by: genus–differentia definition[11]

Why It Matters

genus has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] genus is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . merriam-webster.com. merriam-webster.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . merriam-webster.com. merriam-webster.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . 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. 16d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'azb', 'ca', 'ckb', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'it', 'ru']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ add badge sitelink to redirect to enwiki sitelink; see [[Wikidata:Sitelinks to redirects]] for details #msynbotTask10"
  2. 20w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Instance of → —
    Factgrid item id → Kochubeevo
    Used by → genus–differentia definition
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Factgrid item id: Q1785432, adds FactGrid ID"
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