The royal we (pluralis majestatis) refers to a single person holding a high office, such as a monarch, bishop, or pope.
The editorial weedit
The editorial we is a similar phenomenon, in which an editorialcolumnist in a newspaper or a similar commentator in another medium uses we when giving their opinion. Here, the writer is self-cast in the role of a spokesperson: either for the media institution that employs them, or more generally on behalf of the party or body of citizens who agree with the commentary.
The author's we or pluralis modestiaeedit
Similar to the editorial we, pluralis modestiae is the practice common in mathematical and scientific literature of referring to a generic third person by we (instead of the more common one or the informal you):
"By adding four and five, we obtain nine."
"We are thus led also to a definition of time in physics."—Albert Einstein
We in this sense often refers to "the reader and the author", since the author often assumes that the reader knows and agrees with certain principles or previous theorems for the sake of brevity (or, if not, the reader is prompted to look them up).
This practice is discouraged in the hard sciences, social sciences, humanities, and technical writing because it fails to distinguish between sole authorship and co-authorship.[3][4][5][6]
The patronizing weedit
The patronizing we (also known as the kindergarten or preschool we) is sometimes used in addressing instead of you, suggesting that the addressee is not alone in their situation such as "We won't lose our mittens today." This usage can carry condescending, ironic, praising, or other connotations, depending on intonation.[7]
The hospital weedit
This is sometimes employed by healthcare workers when addressing their patients; for example, "How are we feeling today?"[8]
The non-confrontative weedit
The non-confrontative we is used in T–V languages such as Spanish where the phrase ¿Cómo estamos? (literally, 'How are we?') is sometimes used to avoid both over-familiarity and under-formality among near-peer acquaintances. In Spanish, the indicative we form is also often used instead of the imperative for giving instructions, such as in recipes: batimos las claras a punto de nieve ('we beat the egg whites until stiff').
Referencesedit
^Oxford English Dictionary, Compact Edition, 1989, p. 1945
^"A.Word.A.Day – nosism". Wordsmith.org. Retrieved 11 January 2008.
^Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (4 ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. 1994. p. 30. ISBN1557982414.
^Blanpain, Kristin (2008). Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Resource for Researchers. Leuven: Voorburg. p. 43.
^Wallwork, Adrian (2014). User Guides, Manuals, and Technical Writing: A Guide to Professional English. New York: Springer. p. 153.
^Goldbort, Robert (2006). Writing for Science. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 18.
^"The Grammarphobia Blog: Turning up our nosism". 4 July 2011.
^"The Grammarphobia Blog: Turning up our nosism". 4 July 2011.
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nosism, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, 2021, learn, when, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Nosism news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Look up nosism in Wiktionary the free dictionary Nosism from Latin nos we is the practice of using the pronoun we to refer to oneself when expressing a personal opinion 1 2 Depending on the person using the nosism different uses can be distinguished Contents 1 The royal we or pluralis majestatis 2 The editorial we 3 The author s we or pluralis modestiae 4 The patronizing we 5 The hospital we 6 The non confrontative we 7 ReferencesThe royal we or pluralis majestatis editMain article Royal we The royal we pluralis majestatis refers to a single person holding a high office such as a monarch bishop or pope The editorial we editThe editorial we is a similar phenomenon in which an editorial columnist in a newspaper or a similar commentator in another medium uses we when giving their opinion Here the writer is self cast in the role of a spokesperson either for the media institution that employs them or more generally on behalf of the party or body of citizens who agree with the commentary The author s we or pluralis modestiae editSimilar to the editorial we pluralis modestiae is the practice common in mathematical and scientific literature of referring to a generic third person by we instead of the more common one or the informal you By adding four and five we obtain nine We are thus led also to a definition of time in physics Albert Einstein We in this sense often refers to the reader and the author since the author often assumes that the reader knows and agrees with certain principles or previous theorems for the sake of brevity or if not the reader is prompted to look them up This practice is discouraged in the hard sciences social sciences humanities and technical writing because it fails to distinguish between sole authorship and co authorship 3 4 5 6 The patronizing we editThe patronizing we also known as the kindergarten or preschool we is sometimes used in addressing instead of you suggesting that the addressee is not alone in their situation such as We won t lose our mittens today This usage can carry condescending ironic praising or other connotations depending on intonation 7 The hospital we editThis is sometimes employed by healthcare workers when addressing their patients for example How are we feeling today 8 The non confrontative we editThe non confrontative we is used in T V languages such as Spanish where the phrase Como estamos literally How are we is sometimes used to avoid both over familiarity and under formality among near peer acquaintances In Spanish the indicative we form is also often used instead of the imperative for giving instructions such as in recipes batimos las claras a punto de nieve we beat the egg whites until stiff References edit Oxford English Dictionary Compact Edition 1989 p 1945 A Word A Day nosism Wordsmith org Retrieved 11 January 2008 Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association 4 ed Washington DC American Psychological Association 1994 p 30 ISBN 1557982414 Blanpain Kristin 2008 Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences A Resource for Researchers Leuven Voorburg p 43 Wallwork Adrian 2014 User Guides Manuals and Technical Writing A Guide to Professional English New York Springer p 153 Goldbort Robert 2006 Writing for Science New Haven Connecticut Yale University Press p 18 The Grammarphobia Blog Turning up our nosism 4 July 2011 The Grammarphobia Blog Turning up our nosism 4 July 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nosism amp oldid 1190689522, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
