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substance

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substance

Summary

substance is a philosophical concept[1]. substance draws 1,043 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_concept category, ranking #51 of 256).[2]

Key Facts

  • substance's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[3].
  • substance is a type of entity[4].
  • substance is the opposite of accident[5].
  • substance's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6].
  • substance's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • substance's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[8].
  • substance's has characteristic is recorded as essence[9].
  • substance's different from is recorded as Ousia[10].
  • substance's different from is recorded as material[11].
  • substance's different from is recorded as physical substance[12].
  • substance's different from is recorded as substance[13].

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Designation and Status

substance's instance of is recorded as philosophical concept[3].

Why It Matters

substance draws 1,043 Wikipedia views per month (philosophical_concept category, ranking #51 of 256).[2] substance has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] substance is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved . plato.stanford.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Ousia, material, physical substance +1
    Subclass of → entity
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1058, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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