^ Multiple, Multiplicity - Astraea

<p>Sep 29, 2014 02:17 PM</p>

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http://astraeasweb.net/plural/glossary.html#median<--- Links within this note section found by clicking link to Astraea's original source)</p>

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Multiple, Multiplicity - Two or more independent people who use the same body; the experience of sharing the body with others. Is included in plurality, but implies more separation and independence of people than being median. May or may not be associated with losing time, hearing voices, having an other world. Some people abbreviate it as "multi", and we've also heard "multimind". ^_^</p>

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Some people refer to the persons in a multiple group or system as "multiples" ("I think I have multiples" "How many multiples do you have?"), but due to possible confusion we usually ask people to stick to "persons", "people", "group members" and so on. Most of the literature and discusions refer to a "multiple" either as the collective itself, the entire group within the shared body, or as the definition of the main front or person you first met ("Truddi Chase is a multiple.") (General usage)</p>