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, f. penac. Est quantité et assemblée de gens, Multitudo, Agmen, Turba. Une grande multitude bien espesse, Nubes peditum. Grande multitude de gens, Longus ordo. Multitude et grande assemblée, Socialitas. Une multitude de plusieurs sortes … Thresor de la langue françoyse
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 — [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
