Mediple

(Namespace: plural glossary)

A mediple system is one where the constituent headmates feel in some sense more like the “same” person than they do in a multiple system, but not so much like the same person as to consider themselves median, let alone a singlet. They may, for example, consider themselves variations of the self in different hypothetical scenarios or at different points in the body's past, or different fragments of someone who is “supposed” to be “whole.” They may have a gestalt but consider it a facade. There may be, but is not necessarily, a lot of internal communication, intrusions, and passive influence between headmates. Mediplicity can be thought of as partial fusion to a lesser extent than medianness.