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Variety, heterogeneity, multiplicity, assortment, range
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
diversity (noun)1.
the condition of having or being composed of differing elements - variety , especially the inclusion of different types of people (as people of different races or cultures) in a group or organization - programs intended to promote diversity in schools
2.
an instance of being composed of differing elements or qualities an instance of being - diverse a diversity of opinion
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
diversity (noun)1.
the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types
SYNONYMS:
assortment, diverseness, diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, manifoldness, miscellaneousness, multifariousness, multiplicity, variousnessRELATED WORDS:
disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, otherness, unlikenessNEAR ANTONYMS:
homogeneity, homogeneousness, likeness, sameness, similarity; fewness, paucity2.
the quality or state of being different
SYNONYMS:
contrast, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikenessRELATED WORDS:
deviance, divergence; differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability; change, modification, variation; conflict, discord, discordance, dissension ( dissention), dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife; variability, variance; anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity; disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalenceNEAR ANTONYMS:
identicalness, identity; accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude; equality, equivalence, equivalency; homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformityDiversity (Wikipedia)
Diversity (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās, equivalent to diverse + -ity. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
Noun
diversity (countable and uncountable, plural diversities)
- The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonuniformity
- A variety; diverse types or examples.
- Synonym