Great Fetish
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The Great Fetish is a central symbolic object in Auguste Comte’s Religion of Humanity, representing the veneration of the Earth as a living, nurturing entity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Great Fetish canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4193610 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Fetish Context triple: [Religion of Humanity, hasConcept, Great Fetish]
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A.
Great Ektenia
Great Ektenia is a principal litany in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgies, consisting of a series of petitions chanted by the deacon or priest with congregational responses.
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B.
Giant Land
Giant Land is a distinctive world in Super Mario Bros. 3 characterized by oversized enemies, blocks, and scenery that dwarf Mario and Luigi.
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C.
Manfalut
Manfalut is a city in Upper Egypt known as an agricultural and commercial center within the Asyut region along the Nile.
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D.
The Grand Negaz
The Grand Negaz is a hip-hop production team best known for contributing to the sound of The Roots’ influential early album "Do You Want More?!!!??!".
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E.
Giant
"Giant" is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, co-starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, that explores themes of family, wealth, and social change in Texas over several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Great Fetish Target entity description: The Great Fetish is a central symbolic object in Auguste Comte’s Religion of Humanity, representing the veneration of the Earth as a living, nurturing entity.
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A.
Great Ektenia
Great Ektenia is a principal litany in the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic liturgies, consisting of a series of petitions chanted by the deacon or priest with congregational responses.
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B.
Giant Land
Giant Land is a distinctive world in Super Mario Bros. 3 characterized by oversized enemies, blocks, and scenery that dwarf Mario and Luigi.
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C.
Manfalut
Manfalut is a city in Upper Egypt known as an agricultural and commercial center within the Asyut region along the Nile.
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D.
The Grand Negaz
The Grand Negaz is a hip-hop production team best known for contributing to the sound of The Roots’ influential early album "Do You Want More?!!!??!".
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E.
Giant
"Giant" is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, co-starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean, that explores themes of family, wealth, and social change in Texas over several decades.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in positivist religion
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religious symbol ⓘ symbolic object ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cult of Humanity
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positivism ⓘ secular religion ⓘ |
| conceptualOpposedTo | traditional theistic worship of a transcendent God ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| doctrineContext | Comtean positivism ⓘ |
| documentedIn | writings of Auguste Comte on the Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
immanence of the sacred in the Earth
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moral obligation to Humanity and Earth ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
history of religion
ⓘ
intellectual history ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| hasCreator |
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
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surface form:
Auguste Comte
|
| hasPurpose |
to provide a concrete focus for secular veneration
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to replace supernatural worship with positivist symbolism ⓘ |
| hasRole | central symbolic object in the Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| hasTheologicalStatus |
fetish in Comtean sense
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object of veneration ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
law of three stages
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surface form:
Comte’s law of three stages
Comte’s philosophy of history ⓘ |
| introducedBy |
Isidore Marie Auguste François Xavier Comte
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surface form:
Auguste Comte
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| languageOfOrigin | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Great Being
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Great Milieu ⓘ Humanity as a collective being ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
| represents | Earth ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
Earth as a living entity
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Earth as a nurturing entity ⓘ human dependence on the Earth ⓘ positivist reverence for nature ⓘ veneration of the Earth ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | rituals of the Religion of Humanity ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Great Fetish Description of subject: The Great Fetish is a central symbolic object in Auguste Comte’s Religion of Humanity, representing the veneration of the Earth as a living, nurturing entity.
Referenced by (1)
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