👉 In linguistics and philosophy, a "multicapitate" is a person who has multiple occupations or roles. It can refer to a person with several jobs in one job title or a person with multiple positions within a company or organization. The term was coined by American philosopher John Dewey in his work on education and humanism, where he argued that humans are capable of experiencing multiple identities, including identity as a single person, and of being multi-identifiable. In this sense, the