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soft power

political influence without the use of force
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Summary

soft power is a sociological concept[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of sociological concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,355 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: political concept[3], type of power[4]
  • Subclass of: power[5]
  • Opposite of: hard power[6]
  • Facet of: international relations[7], international politics[8]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Communication[9], Akademik Kaynak[10]
  • Has characteristic: type of value[11]
  • Significant person: Joseph Nye[12]

Why It Matters

soft power has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

international relations Joseph Nye

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr. geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . 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 · Ottawajin · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iate entry id → 932196
    Opposite of → hard power
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Iate entry id: 932196, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/178734889|soft power (#178734889)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6737|IATE entry]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 8d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'ar', 'az', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
    Sitelink count → 50
    Facet of → international relations, international politics
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Facet of: international politics, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  3. 26d ago · C960657 · 2026-09-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → blød_magt
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex id: blød_magt"
  4. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Encyclopedia of Communication, Akademik Kaynak
    Has characteristic → type of value
    Facet of → international relations, international politics
    Subclass of → power
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Europalexikon id: 177268, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112025897|Soft Power (#112025897)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4371|Europalexikon]] #mix'n"
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