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meaning

nature of meaning in the philosophy of language, semantics, methaphysics and metasemantics
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meaning

Summary

meaning is a concept[1]. meaning ranks in the top 0.11% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,578 views/month, #1 of 912).[2]

Key Facts

  • meaning's instance of is recorded as concept[3].
  • meaning's instance of is recorded as metaphysical concept[4].
  • meaning is a type of abstract entity[5].
  • meaning is part of psychological terminology[6].
  • meaning's Commons category is recorded as Meaning (philosophy of language)[7].
  • meaning's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meaning (philosophy of language)[8].
  • meaning's facet of is recorded as philosophy of language[9].
  • meaning's facet of is recorded as metaphysics[10].
  • meaning's different from is recorded as meaning[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include concept[3] and metaphysical concept[4]. meaning is a type of abstract entity[5].

Use and Application

meaning is part of psychological terminology[6].

Why It Matters

meaning ranks in the top 0.11% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,578 views/month, #1 of 912).[2] meaning has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] meaning is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

metaphysics

References

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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.

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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  1. 8d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → psychological terminology
    Topic's main category → Category:Meaning (philosophy of language)
    Different from → meaning
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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