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Summary
war is a type of conflict[1]. war ranks in the top 4% of type of conflict entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (47,220 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: aspect of history[3]
- Subclass of: armed conflict[4], social issue[5], occurrence[6], military action[7], group conflict[8]
- Commons category: War[9]
- Opposite of: peace[10]
- Has part(s): battle[11], war phase[12], warfare[13]
- Participant: state[14], military organization[15]
- Has cause: casus belli[16], conflict escalation[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:War[18], Category:Wars[19]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:War[20]
- Facet of: era[21]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[22], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[23], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[24], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[25], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[26], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[31], Dresdner Hefte[32]
- Topic has template: Template:War[33], Template:Infobox war[34]
- Used by: by war[35]
- Has effect: effects of war[36]
- Has characteristic: type of war[37]
- Main Wikidata property: P607[38]
- Different from: fatherland[39], violent conflict[40], mass killing[41]
- History of topic: history of war[42]
- Has list: list of wars[43]
- Hashtag: wars[44]
- Studied by: military history[45], war studies[46], peace and conflict studies[47], sociology of peace, war, and social conflict[48]
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Influence
Things named for war include The War[49], a film[50], directed by Jon Avnet[51]; War[52], a film[53], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[54]; Voina[55], an organization[56], in Russia[57], founded in 2007[58]; Hogs of War[59], a video game[60]; and thumb war[61], a hand game[62].
Why It Matters
war has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] war is known by 55 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]
Entities named for war include The War[49], a film[50], directed by Jon Avnet[51]; War[52], a film[53], directed by Aleksei Balabanov[54]; Voina[55], an organization[56], in Russia[57], founded in 2007[58]; Hogs of War[59], a video game[60]; and thumb war[61], a hand game[62].