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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.
  2. n. A point or respect in which things differ.
  3. n. Variety or multiformity: "Charles Darwin saw in the diversity of species the principles of evolution that operated to generate the species: variation, competition and selection” ( Scientific American).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The fact of difference between two or more things or kinds; essential difference; variety; separateness: as, the diversity in unity of the true church; the diversity of objects in a landscape.
  2. n. That in which two or more things differ; a difference; a distinction: as, diversities of opinion.
  3. n. Variegation; diversification.
  4. n. Synonyms Dissimilarity, etc. See difference.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
  2. n. A variety; divers types or examples.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
  2. n. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
  3. n. Variegation.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the condition or result of being changeable
  2. n. noticeable heterogeneity

Examples

  • “When the multiculturalists use the word diversity they assume that immigrants will somehow maintain their traditional culture within the Western way of life and the Western value system, like an exotic exhibit of primitive carving in a smart new museum.”

    Simon & Schuster: Nomad

  • “The term diversity became popular in American culture during the 70s when the grandchildren of immigrants wanted to learn about their ethnic heritage.”

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  • “How can we define the term diversity for our library?”

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  • “But this diversity is a phenomenon that developed slowly and over time.”

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  • “The two differ in everything from their fashion preferences to their backgrounds to their personalities, but for these two edgy mothers, their diversity is their blessing and advantage in making a provocative shopping experience, the Popsy experience.”

    The Popsy Experience

  • “Howard goes, Man, now that's what I call diversity, right?”

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  • “Moreover, this papers over the real problem for our long-term diversity, which is the very poor education many minority groups receive in the inner cities.”

    CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2003

  • “When we hear the word diversity, we typically think of racial and gender differences.”

    Simon & Schuster: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens

  • “Canadian society allows for diversity, and in the evolution of our national aims this diversity is a central feature.”

    Canada's Health Charter: Its Implications

  • “Yet this diversity is a source of physical enrichment, and a source of pride to us who belong to that Empire.”

    Tariff Relations Within the British Empire

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synonyms (5)

Words with the same meaning

  1. variety
  1. dissimilitude
  1. unlikeness
  1. multiformity
  1. variegation

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. condition
  1. status

same context (20)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. complexity
  2. variety
  3. unity
  4. similarity
  1. peculiarity
  2. variation
  3. richness
  4. modification
  1. evolution
  2. significance
  3. breadth
  4. development
  1. flexibility
  2. stability
  3. uniformity
  4. vitality
  1. equality
  2. simplicity
  3. multiplicity
  4. distinction

rhymes (4)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. adversity
  1. biodiversity
  1. perversity
  1. university

reverse dictionary (56)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. biodiversity
  2. difference
  3. diversity
  4. mixture
  5. inequality
  6. disagreement
  7. disformity
  8. dissent
  9. distinguisher
  10. diversification
  11. difformity
  1. diorama
  2. clouding
  3. pœcilogony
  4. tinty
  5. many-sidedness
  6. miscellaneously
  7. multifariously
  8. multifariousness
  9. multiformity
  10. party-colored
  11. piedness
  1. diversify
  2. protean
  3. monoculture
  4. extravaganza
  5. lingual
  6. edge effect
  7. conservation biology
  8. distraction
  9. uniformity
  10. uniformness
  11. varying
  1. pluralism
  2. variable
  3. cross section
  4. variety
  5. various
  6. versatile
  7. multifarious
  8. pansy
  9. than
  10. uniformly
  11. variation
  1. variegation
  2. composite
  3. contrast
  4. dissimilarity
  5. distinction
  6. imparity
  7. margin
  8. multitudinous
  9. aspergillales
  10. glasswort
  11. hemilytic
  1. view

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