Trending Schools of Thought this week
The 100 most-viewed schools of thought this week on Wikipedia. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Buddhism.
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340,573
Total Views (this week)
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Buddhism
Indian religion
13,908
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2
Shia Islam
second-most populous Islamic denomination
10,180
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3
stoicism
school of Hellenistic philosophy who held that the practice of virtue suffices to attain eudaimonia
10,159
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4
Rapture
in some forms of Protestantism, an eschatological event when all alive true believers will rise along with the resurrected dead believers in
9,821
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5
Taoism
religious or philosophical tradition of Chinese origin
9,092
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views
6
nihilism
philosophy of negation towards concepts, meaning, or life
8,876
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views
7
Sunni Islam
most populous Islamic denomination
8,590
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views
8
naturism
movement for social nudity
7,900
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views
9
Marxism
economic and sociopolitical worldview
7,688
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views
10
existentialism
philosophical and literary current
7,218
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views
11
eugenics
a set of pseudoscientific beliefs and practices aimed at improving the genetic quality of a human population
6,581
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views
12
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
6,407
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views
13
anarchism
a philosophy, movement, and political ideology that holds that any government, like the state, is undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful
6,095
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views
14
hermeticism
philosophical and religious tradition based primarily upon writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus
5,377
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views
15
Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substa
5,355
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views
16
atheism
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
5,025
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views
17
Confucianism
Chinese ethical and philosophical system
4,785
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views
18
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
4,773
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views
19
Samsara
world or realm of existence related to rebirth concept in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, Bön, and Sikhism
4,410
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views
20
deism
belief in God without revelation
4,172
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views
21
2012 phenomenon
eschatological beliefs surrounding 21 December 2012
4,169
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views
22
Assumption of Mary
the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life, dogma of the Catholic Church
4,102
views
views
23
dispensationalism
Christian theology
3,882
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views
24
accelerationism
political philosophy that the prevailing system of capitalism should be expanded in order to generate radical social change
3,853
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views
25
humanism
philosophical school of thought
3,810
views
views
26
phenomenology
early 20th century philosophical movement that seeks to describe the universal features of consciousness without assumptions about the exter
3,795
views
views
27
Wahhabism
Sunni Islamic revivalist and fundamentalist movement
3,786
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views
28
egalitarianism
trend of thought that favors equality for all people
3,589
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views
29
Advaita Vedanta
school of Hindu philosophy; a classic path to spiritual realization
3,557
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views
30
Xenu
religious figure in the Church of Scientology
3,529
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views
31
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
3,459
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views
32
dialectic
method of argument for resolving disagreement
3,449
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views
33
transcendentalism
1820–1830s US philosophical movement, holding that society corrupts humans’ inherent goodness, favoring intuition over empiricism
3,366
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views
34
Noble Eightfold Path
one of the principal teachings of the Buddha
3,362
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views
35
Trotskyism
variety of Marxism developed by Leon Trotsky
3,348
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views
36
Keynesian economics
group of macroeconomic theories
3,339
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views
37
Cynicism
Ancient school of philosophy
3,290
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views
38
Epicureanism
philosophical movement developed by Epicurus
3,228
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views
39
dialectical materialism
philosophy derived from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
3,207
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views
40
Neoplatonism
strand of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD
3,125
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views
41
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
3,073
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views
42
utilitarianism
ethical theory which holds that the right action is the one that maximizes aggregate well-being
2,961
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views
43
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
2,775
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views
44
Lebensraum
German "living space" ideas of settler colonialism (1890s–1940s)
2,762
views
views
45
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
2,647
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views
46
tragedy of the commons
self-interests causing depletion of a shared resource
2,639
views
views
47
turtles all the way down
expression of the problem of infinite regress
2,595
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views
48
homophobia
negative attitudes, prejudice and discrimination towards homosexuality
2,491
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views
49
Immaculate Conception of Mary
teaching that Mary was conceived free from original sin
2,476
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views
50
pragmatism
philosophical tradition
2,447
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views
51
mutual assured destruction
doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilati
2,434
views
views
52
critical race theory
conceptual framework regarding society, race, and culture
2,411
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views
53
original sin
Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man
2,398
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views
54
Nestorianism
Christological doctrine arguing that human and divine persons of Jesus Christ are separate
2,395
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views
55
monism
view that attributes oneness or singleness to a concept
2,235
views
views
56
Frankfurt School
school of neo-Marxist interdisciplinary social theory
2,227
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views
57
materialism
form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature
2,222
views
views
58
empiricism
theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience
2,217
views
views
59
Monroe Doctrine
US foreign policy regarding Latin American countries in 1823
2,196
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views
60
antinatalism
philosophical position that assigns a negative value to procreation
2,180
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views
61
Mandate of Heaven
political and religious doctrine of the Emperor of China
2,160
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views
62
Lysenkoism
pseudoscientific biological theory in the U.S.S.R.
2,113
views
views
63
Third International Theory
theory of governance proposed by Muammar Gaddafi
2,090
views
views
64
globalization
process of international integration arising from world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture
2,075
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views
65
Christian apologetics
branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity against objections
2,050
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views
66
mercantilism
early economic theory
2,048
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views
67
Situationist International
international organization of social revolutionaries
2,009
views
views
68
filioque clause
word (“and the Son”) found in Latin—but not Greek—versions of the Nicene Creed: “Spiritum Sanctum […] qui ex Patre ⟨Filioque⟩ procedit” (Hol
1,999
views
views
69
panentheism
belief that the divine pervades all of space and time and extends beyond it
1,999
views
views
70
nontrinitarianism
form of Christianity that rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity
1,993
views
views
71
Alevism
Ethno-religious group
1,955
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views
72
meritocracy
political system in which capital is assigned on the basis of competence
1,949
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views
73
Miaphysitism
Christological formula of the Oriental Orthodox Churches, saying that Jesus is fully divine and fully human, in one compound nature
1,938
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views
74
Malthusianism
social theory regarding the natural relationship between population growth and food supply
1,921
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views
75
ubuntu
Southern African philosophy
1,918
views
views
76
Nizari Isma'ilism
branch of Isma'ili Shia Islam
1,909
views
views
77
Platonism
philosophical theory that includes affirming the existence of abstract objects
1,882
views
views
78
New Atheism
contemporary atheistic movement of thinkers and writers
1,858
views
views
79
Kharijites
Early Islamic rebellious sect
1,857
views
views
80
anarcho-communism
political philosophy and school of thought
1,853
views
views
81
Lollardy
pre-Protestant Christian religious reform movement in England
1,828
views
views
82
analytic philosophy
20th-century tradition of Western philosophy
1,792
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views
83
Vedanta
one of six schools of Hindu philosophy
1,778
views
views
84
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
1,770
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views
85
Pelagianism
Early Christian theological doctrine
1,767
views
views
86
distributism
doctrine in opposition to both socialism and capitalism
1,741
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views
87
New Thought
religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing
1,730
views
views
88
Arminianism
theological movement
1,729
views
views
89
Bogomilism
Christian neo-Gnostic sect founded in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century
1,716
views
views
90
rationalism
philosophical view that reason should be the chief source of knowledge
1,712
views
views
91
positivism
philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from scientific observation is the exclusive source of all authoritative kn
1,699
views
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92
anarcho-syndicalism
branch of anarchism
1,662
views
views
93
Pythagoreanism
system of esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers
1,615
views
views
94
Christ myth theory
opinion that biblical Jesus was purely fictional
1,605
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views
95
Dormition of the Mother of God
Great Feast of the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches
1,602
views
views
96
Austrian school
school of economic thought that advocates strict adherence to methodological individualism rather than focusing on aggregate variables, equi
1,583
views
views
97
Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era
a political theory attributed to Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
1,577
views
views
98
trickle-down economics
economic theory
1,569
views
views
99
Mu'tazilism
rationalist school of Islamic theology
1,543
views
views
100
Ibadi Islam
It is considered the third Islamic school of thought after the Sunni and Shia schools.
1,541
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