English Explanatory Dictionary

diversity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.
  2. A variety; diverse types or examples.
  3. Equal-opportunity inclusion.

Pronunciation

/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ en-uk-diversity.ogg

Word forms

diversity diversities

Etymology

From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās, equivalent to diverse + -ity. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes.

Synonyms

disuniformity diversity heterogeneity irregularity multiformity nonconformity nonhomogeneity nonregularity nonuniformity unconformity variety selection

Related words

diverse divert divers inclusivity

Derived words

agrodiversity antidiversity bibliodiversity biodiversity chemodiversity cyberdiversity dieversity divershitty diversicrat diversity fatigue diversity hire diversity is perversity diversity jurisdiction diversity statement ethnodiversity evaluative diversity genetic diversity genodiversity geodiversity hyperdiversity ichnodiversity ichthyodiversity linguistic diversity index macrodiversity megadiversity microdiversity moral diversity multidiversity mycodiversity nondiversity overdiversity palaeodiversity paleodiversity pedodiversity phylodiversity phytodiversity polydiversity pyrodiversity serodiversity sexual diversity sociodiversity superdiversity technodiversity theodiversity time diversity topodiversity virodiversity xenodiversity
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