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social contract

concept in political philosophy
Event thought_experiment Q1326430
social contract
Abraham Bosse · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

social contract is a thought experiment[1]. It draws 6,800 Wikipedia views per month (thought experiment category, ranking #7 of 56).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: political concept[3]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[4], Dictionnaire des biens communs[5], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[7]

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Outcome and Impact

Things named for social contract include contractualism[8], a philosophical theory[9].

Why It Matters

social contract has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for it include contractualism[8], a philosophical theory[9].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . 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. 19d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'ckb', 'cs', 'da', 'el', 'en',
    Harper's tag → social-contract
    Sitelink count → 64
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: social-contract, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960035|social contract (#289960035)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  2. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0232427-spolecenska-smlouva
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0232427-spolecenska-smlouva, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → thought experiment, political concept
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → visuomenes-sutarties-teorija
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 3353, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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