multiplicity
- noun
- /ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsɪti/
- The multiplicity of choices at the restaurant made it hard to decide what to order.
- multiplicity of meanings
- multiplicity of voices
- multiplicity of factors
And there's a multiplicity of issues right now.
- And there's a multiplicity of issues right now.
- There are there's a multiplicity of worlds.
- Vision is a long range view of a multiplicity of things you want to do.
- So hand washing has a kind of multiplicity of uses.
- We are all that one child of the universe experiencing the multiplicity that is the universe.
- Individuate start by splitting into yin and Yang polarities and then they go into multiplicity and then form everything on the lower planes.
- So this multiplicity of data points that you're throwing off, but you don't know who gets to see it.
- And it's like the divine creates itself as a multiplicity of avatars to work together and carry out the will of the divine.
Examples
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However, the topic is fraught with difficulties, and a multiplicity of factors seems to be involved.
Academic text (1991) -
The student teachers identified a multiplicity of factors creating stress during teaching practicums.
Academic text (1992) -
And the question is, well, what kind of multiplicity are we working with?
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Vision is a long range view of a multiplicity of things you want to do.
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So hand washing has a kind of multiplicity of uses.
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The multiplicity of items on a menu had become a nightmare challenge.
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We are all that one child of the universe experiencing the multiplicity that is the universe.
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And there's a multiplicity of issues right now.
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An array of birds with a multiplicity of sounds is announcing their departure this evening.
Fiction book (1996) -
The other aspect is that in historical reconstruction, there is a multiplicity of points of view interpreting the facts.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
A group of different kinds of things
A range of different people or things
There are many different people or things
The presence of different kinds of things or people in a group
A quality of something that has many different parts or sides
A large number of things or people
A state of having many different kinds or parts
A state of having many different parts or features
Having many different kinds or parts
A situation where something has many different forms or types
A situation in which people or things are different from each other
The state of having many different kinds of people or things
A large number of things or people
A large number or variety of things in one place
A very large group of people or things
Antonyms
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Multiplicity comes from Latin parts: multi- meaning 'many' and -plic- meaning 'fold'. You also see the same idea in multiple and multiply, so multiplicity is the state of being many or having a large variety.