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lexicography

study of the sum collection of all words in a language
Intangible academic_discipline Q184524
lexicography
Giuseppe Peano · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

lexicography is an academic discipline[1]. lexicography draws 1,750 Wikipedia views per month (academic discipline category, ranking #140 of 1,010).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: lexicology[3]
  • Commons category: Lexicography[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lexicography[5]
  • Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[6], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Lexicography[8]
  • Is the study of: lexicon[9]
  • Practiced by: lexicographer[10]

Why It Matters

lexicography has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] lexicography is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Adamantios Korais Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Aleš Chejn Anthony C. Pick Christian Bertin Edmund Grimley Evans Émile Littré Gerhard Kalckhoff John Wilkins Josef Jungmann Jozef Hajdušek lexicology Max Vasmer Niccolò Tommaseo Noah Webster Pompeu Fabra Sami Frashëri Vladimir Dal William Smith Zentrum für digitale Lexikographie der deutschen Sprache

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → lexicography
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lexicography, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289940956|lexicography (#289940956)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2ZcLiq
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003378-lexikografie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0003378-lexikografie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → lexicology
    Local thumb → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 5182, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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