Nosism
Nosism, from Latin "nos" 'we', is the practice of using the pronoun "we" to refer to oneself when expressing a personal opinion. Depending on the person using the nosism different uses can be distinguished: The royal "we" or "pluralis majestatis". The royal "we" ("pluralis majestatis") refers to a single person holding a high office, such as a monarch, bishop, or pope. The editorial "we". The editorial "we" is a similar phenomenon, in which an editorial columnist in a newspaper or a similar commentator in another medium refers to themself as "we" when giving their opinion. Here, the writer casts  themself 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". 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"): "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. The kindergarten "we". The kindergarten, or patronizing "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 is emotionally non-neutral, but can bare condescending, ironic, praising, or other connotations, depending on intonation. The hospital "we . This is sometimes employed by healthcare workers when addressing their patients; for example, How are we feeling today?" The non-confrontative "we". In distinction to the patronizing "we" is the non-confrontative "we" 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