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public interest

"the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society
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public interest

Summary

public interest is a legal term or legal concept[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • public interest's instance of is recorded as legal term or legal concept[3].
  • public interest's instance of is recorded as well-being[4].
  • public interest is a type of interest[5].
  • public interest's facet of is recorded as common good[6].
  • public interest's facet of is recorded as society[7].
  • public interest's facet of is recorded as politics[8].
  • public interest's studied by is recorded as social philosophy[9].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include legal term or legal concept[3] and well-being[4].

Why It Matters

public interest has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

politics

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 8d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['494dBe', '4TOpEU', '4UoqcA']
    Wikidata description → "the welfare or well-being of the general public" and society
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 5w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0212861-verejny-zajem
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0212861-verejny-zajem, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 8w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q139495824
    Facet of → common good, society, politics
    Subclass of → interest
    Instance of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26369, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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