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parapsychology

study of paranormal and psychic phenomena
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Summary

parapsychology is a branch of pseudoscience[1]. parapsychology draws 7,743 Wikipedia views per month (branch of pseudoscience category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: branch of psychology[3], psychic phenomenon[4]
  • Subclass of: pseudoscience[5]
  • Commons category: Parapsychology[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Parapsychology[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Practiced by: parapsychologist[11]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12]
  • Wikimedia outline: outline of parapsychology[13]

Why It Matters

parapsychology has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] parapsychology is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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