multitude — [ myltityd ] n. f. • XIIe; lat. multitudo 1 ♦ Grande quantité (d êtres, d objets) considérée ou non comme constituant un ensemble. Une multitude de clients entra (ou entrèrent). ⇒ armée, essaim, flot, légion, nuée; fam. flopée, tas. « Cette… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Multitude — is a political term first used by Machiavelli and reiterated by Spinoza. Recently the term has returned to prominence because of its conceptualization as a new model of resistance against the global capitalist system as described by political… … Wikipedia
Multitude — ist ein Begriff aus der politischen Philosophie. In der aktuellen Diskussion spielt er vor allem im Postoperaismus eine wichtige Rolle. Bekannt wurde der Begriff durch das Buch Empire – die neue Weltordnung von Antonio Negri und Michael Hardt… … Deutsch Wikipedia
multitude — multitude, army, host, legion mean, both in the singular and plural, a very large number of persons or things. They do not (as do the words compared at CROWD) necessarily imply assemblage, but all of them can be used with that implication.… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Multitude — Mul ti*tude, n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo, multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.] 1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly. [1913 Webster] But when he saw the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
multitude — Multitude. s. f. Grand nombre. Multitude innombrable d hommes, d animaux, de livres, d argent &c. une grande multitude de peuple. la multitude l a emporté sur le petit nombre des Juges. ceder à la multitude. Il se prend quelquefois pour le peuple … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
multitude — (n.) early 14c., from O.Fr. multitude (12c.) and directly from L. multitudinem (nom. multitudo) a great number, a crowd; the crowd, the common people, from multus many, much (see MULTI (Cf. multi )) + suffix tudo (see TUDE (Cf. tude)). Related:… … Etymology dictionary
multitude — ► NOUN 1) a large number of people or things. 2) (the multitude) the mass of ordinary people. ORIGIN Latin multitudo, from multus many … English terms dictionary
multitude — I noun abundance, accumulation, aggregation, amassment, army, array, assemblage, assembly, band, bevy, body, cluster, collection, conglomeration, congregation, covey, crowd, cumulation, drove, flock, force, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion,… … Law dictionary
multitude — [n] large group aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, infinitude, infinity, jam*, legion, loads, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much … New thesaurus
