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syncretism

assimilation of two or more originally discrete traditions
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syncretism

Summary

syncretism ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,604 views/month, #425 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • syncretism is a type of belief system[2].
  • syncretism's Commons category is recorded as Syncretism[3].
  • syncretism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Syncretism[4].
  • syncretism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • syncretism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6].
  • syncretism's has characteristic is recorded as eclecticism[7].
  • syncretism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[8].

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Definition and Type

syncretism is a type of belief system[2].

Why It Matters

syncretism ranks in the top 0.55% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,604 views/month, #425 of 77,819).[1] syncretism has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] syncretism is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6177
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 6177, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288137|syncretism (#107288137)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Diction"
  2. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0223418-synkretismus-filozofie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0223418-synkretismus-filozofie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → belief system
    Local thumb → —
    Has characteristic → eclecticism
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12150, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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