Definition of "manyness" [manyness]

• The quality or state of being many. (noun)

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• "Seen deeply enough, then, America has charted a course for itself where it must lead beyond the wars that have characterized one long epoch of human civilization - a time of perceived "manyness" - to an era in which our sense of "one-ness" triumphs."
• "War is an expression of our "manyness" whereas peace is an expression of our "oneness.""
• "A certain abstract monism, a certain emotional response to the character of oneness, as if it were a feature of the world not coordinate with its manyness, but vastly more excellent and eminent, is so prevalent in educated circles that we might almost call it part of philosophic common sense."