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sortition

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sortition

Summary

sortition is a social system[1]. sortition has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • sortition's instance of is recorded as social system[3].
  • sortition is a type of method[4].
  • sortition's Commons category is recorded as Sortition[5].
  • sortition's facet of is recorded as selection[6].
  • sortition's facet of is recorded as leadership[7].
  • sortition's used by is recorded as democracy in Athens[8].
  • sortition's uses is recorded as random sample[9].
  • sortition's uses is recorded as Lottery[10].
  • sortition's uses is recorded as draw[11].

Body

Definition and Type

sortition's instance of is recorded as social system[3]. sortition is a type of method[4].

Use and Application

sortition's used by is recorded as democracy in Athens[8].

Why It Matters

sortition has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] sortition is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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William Tyndale

References

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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.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → selection, leadership
    Instance of → —
    Used by → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 6003, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107287985|sortition (#107287985)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictiona"
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