Pluralis Majestatis, literally
Grandiose Plural, is the use of the
plural pronoun in reference to one individual her-, him-, or itself alone. This is also known as the
Royal we.
Examples of purported instances:
- We are not amused. Queen Victoria
To be distinguished from Pluralis modestiae[?], also Pluralis Auctoris[?] (inclusion of readers or listeners). For instance:
- Let's calculate! Leibniz
- We are thus led also to a definition of 'time' in physics. Albert Einstein