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theism

belief in the existence of at least one deity; the opposite of atheism
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Summary

theism is a world view[1]. theism draws 6,201 Wikipedia views per month (world view category, ranking #6 of 41).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: belief[3], religion[4]
  • Commons category: Theism[5]
  • Opposite of: atheism[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Theism[7]
  • Facet of: existence of God[8]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:God[11]
  • Different from: deism[12]
  • Studied by: philosophy of religion[13]
  • Practiced by: theist[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

theism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] theism is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3OGkgt
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 17w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0374837-teismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0374837-teismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → existence of God
    Studied by → philosophy of religion
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 14223, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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