Negative capability

Negative capability - Ability to perceive and recognize truths beyond the reach. Article “Negative capability” in English Wikipedia has 47.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 35 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.51 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Negative capability”, its content was written by 121 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 187 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 66 times in English Wikipedia and cited 95 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #11768 in May 2003
• Global: #5572 in May 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #27541 in May 2010
• Global: #49226 in May 2010

There are 8 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Negative capability		47.6426
2	Catalan (ca) Capacitat negativa		35.1432
3	German (de) Negative Capability		31.1889
4	Arabic (ar) قدرة سلبية		29.0513
5	Japanese (ja) ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ		16.6223
6	French (fr) Capacité négative		3.609
7	Korean (ko) 부정적 능력		1.3719
8	Persian (fa) توانایی منفی		1.2785

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Negative capability" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Negative capability		1 633 591
2	Japanese (ja) ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ		306 071
3	German (de) Negative Capability		29 867
4	Arabic (ar) قدرة سلبية		8 488
5	Korean (ko) 부정적 능력		8 007
6	French (fr) Capacité négative		5 215
7	Persian (fa) توانایی منفی		1 700
8	Catalan (ca) Capacitat negativa		662

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Negative capability" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Negative capability		4 325
2	Japanese (ja) ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ		2 750
3	German (de) Negative Capability		109
4	French (fr) Capacité négative		53
5	Korean (ko) 부정적 능력		27
6	Persian (fa) توانایی منفی		15
7	Catalan (ca) Capacitat negativa		13
8	Arabic (ar) قدرة سلبية		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Negative capability" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Negative capability		121
2	German (de) Negative Capability		36
3	Japanese (ja) ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ		8
4	Korean (ko) 부정적 능력		8
5	Arabic (ar) قدرة سلبية		4
6	Catalan (ca) Capacitat negativa		4
7	French (fr) Capacité négative		4
8	Persian (fa) توانایی منفی		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Negative capability" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) قدرة سلبية		1
2	Catalan (ca) Capacitat negativa		1
3	German (de) Negative Capability		0
4	English (en) Negative capability		0
5	Persian (fa) توانایی منفی		0
6	French (fr) Capacité négative		0
7	Japanese (ja) ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ		0
8	Korean (ko) 부정적 능력		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Negative capability" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Negative capability		66
2	Arabic (ar) قدرة سلبية		7
3	Persian (fa) توانایی منفی		6
4	Japanese (ja) ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ		5
5	German (de) Negative Capability		3
6	French (fr) Capacité négative		3
7	Korean (ko) 부정적 능력		3
8	Catalan (ca) Capacitat negativa		2

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قدرة سلبية
ca	Catalan Capacitat negativa
de	German Negative Capability
en	English Negative capability
fa	Persian توانایی منفی
fr	French Capacité négative
ja	Japanese ネガティブ・ケイパビリティ
ko	Korean 부정적 능력

Best Rank

English: #27541 05.2010

Global: #49226 05.2010

Best Rank

English: #11768 05.2003

Global: #5572 05.2003

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