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witch hunt

search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, or mass hysteria
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witch hunt
Johann Jakob Wick · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

witch hunt is a historical process[1]. It draws 15,887 Wikipedia views per month (historical process category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: persecution[3]
  • Commons category: Witch hunts[4]
  • Has part(s): witch trial[5], torture[6], imprisonment[7], killing[8]
  • Target: witch[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Witch hunting[10]
  • Described by source: Vlastenský slovník historický[11], Slezské pohádky a pověsti[12], Dresdner Hefte[13]
  • Different from: Witch Hunt[14], 마녀사냥 (동음이의)[15]
  • Practiced by: witch hunter[16]

Why It Matters

witch hunt has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → persecution
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    Instance of → historical process
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 17078, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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