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posthumous

quality of being applicable to a person after their death
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Summary

posthumous ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • posthumous is a type of quality[2].
  • posthumous's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[3].
  • posthumous's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[4].
  • posthumous's different from is recorded as in memoriam[5].
  • posthumous's different from is recorded as posthumous birth[6].
  • posthumous's different from is recorded as posthumous[7].
  • posthumous's characteristic of is recorded as occurrence[8].

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Definition and Type

posthumous is a type of quality[2].

Why It Matters

posthumous ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (311 views/month).[1] posthumous has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] posthumous is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · THEbotIT bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Pauly–Wissowa
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'br', 'da', 'de', 'es', 'fi', 'fy', 'hu', 'id', 'ja', 'jv', 'ko',
    Subclass of → quality
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Described by source: Pauly–Wissowa, Add reference to a lexicon article."
  2. 9w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Characteristic of → occurrence
    Subclass of → quality
    Subclass of → —
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Pauly–Wissowa
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Subclass of: Q140919797"
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