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world

Term ambiguously referring to any of: the whole of reality, the universe, the Earth and all life upon it, or human civilization

Entityambiguous Wikidata item philosophical conceptQ16502

Also known as natural world · the world

Instance of: ambiguous Wikidata item
, philosophical concept
Subclass of: material entity
Part of: physical location

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A world is a totality of entities. In philosophy, the world is customarily viewed as all of existence or the whole of reality. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others examine the character of entities that exist in the world or talk of a plurality of worlds, challenging the idea that the world is an all-inclusive whole. The term is also commonly used as a context-dependent expression to denote a specific domain of discourse and everything within it, such as the Earth and all life on it or the whole of human existence.

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54 statements · 7% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Said to be the same as: Earth
universe
everything
Different from: Dunia criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: dunia
Welt criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Welt
Svet criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: svet
Świat criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: świat
The World
peace criterion used: homonym · applies to name of subject: мир
Partially coincident with: this world

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