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honorary degree

degree awarded to honour an individual, waiving requirements
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honorary degree

Summary

honorary degree is an award[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • honorary degree's instance of is recorded as award[3].
  • honorary degree's instance of is recorded as type of award[4].
  • honorary degree's instance of is recorded as academic degree[5].
  • honorary degree is a type of academic degree[6].
  • honorary degree is a type of title of honor[7].
  • honorary degree's Commons category is recorded as Honoris causa[8].
  • honorary degree's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • honorary degree's different from is recorded as honours degree[10].
  • honorary degree's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'doutora honoris causa'}[11].
  • honorary degree's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'doutor honoris causa'}[12].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include award[3], type of award[4], and academic degree[5].

Why It Matters

honorary degree has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → award, type of award, academic degree
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Different from → honours degree
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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