MULTITUDE

n. many, large quantity; mass, crowd

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 for organization of resistance against the global capitalist system as described by political theorists Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri in their international best-seller Empire (2000) and expanded upon in their recent (2004). Other theorists which have recently used the term include political thinkers associated with Autonomist Marxism and its sequelae, including Sylvère Lotringer, Paolo Virno, and thinkers connected with the eponymous review Multitudes.
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Noun
1. a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
(synonym) battalion, large number, plurality, pack
(hypernym) large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount
2. a large gathering of people
(synonym) throng, concourse
(hypernym) gathering, assemblage
(hyponym) hive
3. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
(synonym) masses, mass, hoi polloi, people
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) laity, temporalty

n. multitude, throng

(n.)
The state of being many; numerousness.
  

(n.)
A great number of persons or things, regarded collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.
  

(n.)
A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.