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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-06-17 and was most recently seen on 2026-06-17.
An essentially contested concept is an abstract term or phrase that provides value judgements which can be contested. The term essentially contested concept was proposed to facilitate an understanding of the different interpretations of abstractions that have qualitative and evaluative notions—such as "art", "time", "philanthropy", "power",
and "social justice". The notion of an essentially contested concept was proposed in 1956 by Walter Bryce Gallie.
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