Meanings
- uncountableThe principle that the interests of the people generally are more important than those of individuals
Origin
- Latinmultitūdō
- Latinmultitūdin-
- Englishmultitudinism
From Latin multitūdin- + -ism, from oblique stem of Latin multitūdō, from multus + -tūdō. By surface analysis, multitude + -ism.
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