phenomenon

any object, fact, or occurrence perceived or observed
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Summary

phenomenon ranks in the top 0.86% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,671 views/month, #669 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: occurrent[2], observable entity[3]
  • Commons category: Phenomena[4]
  • Said to be the same as: phenomenon[5]
  • Opposite of: noumenon[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phenomena[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10]
  • Has characteristic: observation[11]
  • Manifestation of: object[12], property[13], process[14]
  • Different from: Phenomena[15]
  • Studied by: science[16], natural science[17], philosophy of science[18]

Why It Matters

phenomenon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] phenomenon is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . 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. 4w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → science, natural science, philosophy of science
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Studied by: phenomenology"
  2. 8w ago · Hirho · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → science, natural science, philosophy of science
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Studied by: science"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Phenomena
    Manifestation of → object, property, process
    Subclass of → occurrent, observable entity
    Aliases → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 3974, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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