sortition

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sortition

Summary

sortition is a social system[1]. sortition draws 1,100 Wikipedia views per month (social_system category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • sortition's image is recorded as AGMA Kleroterion.jpg[3].
  • sortition's instance of is recorded as social system[4].
  • sortition's subclass of is recorded as method[5].
  • sortition's Commons category is recorded as Sortition[6].
  • sortition's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 69399[7].
  • sortition's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01qhdv[8].
  • sortition's facet of is recorded as selection[9].
  • sortition's facet of is recorded as leadership[10].
  • sortition's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/sortition[11].
  • sortition's used by is recorded as democracy in Athens[12].
  • sortition's BBC Things ID is recorded as acf36217-58f9-490c-b563-5bc52c3a7d05[13].
  • sortition's Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 7115[14].
  • sortition's uses is recorded as random sample[15].
  • sortition's uses is recorded as Lottery[16].
  • sortition's uses is recorded as draw[17].
  • sortition's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122yh85w[18].
  • sortition's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrtpoXHJQMY0l[19].
  • sortition's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 200990026[20].

Why It Matters

sortition draws 1,100 Wikipedia views per month (social_system category, ranking #3 of 13).[2] sortition has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] sortition is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). sortition. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sortition
MLA “sortition.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sortition.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sortition_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{sortition}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sortition}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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