punishment
imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome
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Summary
punishment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,434 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Followed by: recidivism[2], reform[3]
- Subclass of: action[4], result[5]
- Part of: carrot and stick[6], criminal law[7], religious doctrine[8], legal act[9]
- Commons category: Punishments[10]
- Opposite of: reward[11]
- Has part(s): disciplinary action[12]
- Has cause: punishment[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Punishments[14]
- Described by source: New Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23]
- Has characteristic: undesirability[24]
- Main Wikidata property: P1596[25]
- Different from: Pena[26], Shiksha[27], Poena[28], punishment[29], sentence[30]
- Properties for this type: P1343[31]
- Studied by: sociology of punishment[32], criminal law[33], criminology[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography[36], WikiProject Ethics[37], WikiProject Philosophy[38], WikiProject Libertarianism[39], WikiProject Sociology[40], WikiProject Correction and Detention Facilities[41]
Why It Matters
punishment has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] punishment is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]