war

C441
concept

War is a large-scale, organized conflict between groups—typically nations or factions—characterized by sustained violence, strategic objectives, and significant political, social, and human consequences.

All labels observed (54)

Label Occurrences
war canonical 723
armed conflict 326
civil war 244

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: war
Generated description
War is a large-scale, organized conflict between groups—typically nations or factions—characterized by sustained violence, strategic objectives, and significant political, social, and human consequences.

Instances (1,463)

Instance Via concept surface
Iraq revolt of 1920 revolt
Chad–Sudan conflict armed conflict
Khoikhoi–Dutch conflicts at the Cape colonial war
Second Sudanese Civil War civil war
Spanish conquest of Yucatán conquest
Polish–Russian War (1792)
Mexican Revolution armed conflict
Almohad–Castilian wars series of wars
Tan War
Cherokee War
Easter Rising armed insurrection
Tasmanian frontier conflict colonial war
Devolution War
Mexican War of Independence war of independence
Darfur conflict armed conflict
Spanish conquest of New Granada conquest
Latvian War of Independence war of independence
War of the Supremes civil war
Lithuanian Wars of Independence
The Deluge
Timurid–Muzaffarid wars
Pungdo Island
surface form: First Sino-Japanese War
Spanish conquest of Chile conquest
Stecklikrieg civil war
Aceh War
Wairau Affray armed conflict
Silesian Wars
Rogue River Wars armed conflict
Trist
surface form: Mexican–American War
Safavid–Uzbek conflicts
Schwabenkrieg
Eritrean War of Independence war of independence
Dymitriads wars
Castilian conquest of the Canary Islands conquest
Kin-strife civil war
Dorr Rebellion armed insurrection
Buckingham's Rebellion armed conflict
Guerra Grande civil war
Illyrian War of AD 6–9
Swiss–Habsburg Wars series of wars
First Chechen War
War of the League of Cognac
Angolan War of Independence war of independence
Anglo-French War (1778–1783)
War for Smolensk
Kin-strife in Gondor civil war
Zanjón
surface form: Ten Years' War
war of independence
Greek–Etruscan wars
Palace of Justice siege armed conflict
Central Darfur
surface form: Darfur conflict
armed conflict