editorial we

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Synonyms: editorialize, editorialise

Antonyms: editorialize, editorialise

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|plural of modesty}} {{syn of|en|plural of modesty|gloss=speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest}}.
2. {{senseid|en|pronoun _we_ to represent one_s organization, profession, etc}} The [[first person|first-person]] [[plural]] [[pronoun]] used by an [[editor]] or other [[spokesperson]] when speaking with the [[authority]] of their [[publication]], [[profession]], [[organization]]{{,}} or [[company]].
3. {{senseid|en|pronoun _we_ to represent writer-reader accord, all of humanity, or other grouping}} The practice, common in [[mathematical]] and [[scientific]] [[literature]], of referring to a generic third person by {{m|en|we}} (instead of the more common {{m|en|one}} or the informal {{m|en|you}}), or of implying that the writer and the reader, or all of humanity, are united as collaborators in thinking the sequence of thoughts that the narrative describes.

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