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social structure

aggregate of patterned social arrangements in society
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Summary

social structure is a type of structure[1]. It draws 1,871 Wikipedia views per month (type of structure category, ranking #12 of 29).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: sociological concept[3]
  • Subclass of: structure[4], society[5], social object[6]
  • Part of: social system[7]
  • Said to be the same as: structure[8]
  • Has cause: social change[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Social structure[10]
  • Studied by: sociology[11], social science[12], analysis of social structure[13]
  • Subject has role: structural functionalism[14]
  • Exact match: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/63290[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • P14439: 000010[17]
  • P14541: 49s6QI[18], 1qopCY[19]

Why It Matters

social structure has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Humiliated and Insulted social science sociology

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . 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 · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX540957
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX540957"
  2. 6w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → structure, society, social object
    P14439 → 000010
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ Subclass of: social object, разрешение перенаправления / resolving redirect Q141152447 → social object ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/KrBotResolvingRedirect/Q141152447_Q755"
  3. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → social-structure
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: social-structure, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289960104|social structure (#289960104)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  4. 12w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 49s6QI, 1qopCY
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008681-socialni-struktura
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008681-socialni-struktura, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Social structure
    Part of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 4495, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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