"diversity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ Audio: en-uk-diversity.ogg [UK] Forms: diversities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|diversite}} Middle English diversite, {{der|en|fro|diversité}} Old French diversité, {{uder|en|la|dīversitās}} Latin dīversitās, {{ncog|ang|mislīcnes}} Old English mislīcnes Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} diversity (countable and uncountable, plural diversities)
  1. The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: nonuniformity Translations (quality of being diverse; difference): تَنَوُّع (tanawwuʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَعَدُّدِيَّة (taʕaddudiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), բազմազանություն (bazmazanutʿyun) (Armenian), diversidá [feminine] (Asturian), müxtəliflik (Azerbaijani), aniztasun (Basque), разнообразие (raznoobrazie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), diversitat [feminine] (Catalan), 多樣性 (Chinese Mandarin), 多样性 (duōyàngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 變化 (Chinese Mandarin), 变化 (biànhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), rozmanitost [feminine] (Czech), rozdílnost [feminine] (Czech), diverzita [feminine] (Czech), diversitet [common-gender] (Danish), mangfoldighed [common-gender] (Danish), verscheidenheid [feminine] (Dutch), diversiteit [feminine] (Dutch), diverseco (Esperanto), monimuotoisuus (Finnish), diversité [feminine] (French), diversidade [feminine] (Galician), მრავალფეროვნება (mravalperovneba) (Georgian), სახესხვაობა (saxesxvaoba) (Georgian), Vielfältigkeit [feminine] (German), Mannigfaltigkeit [feminine] (German), Vielfalt [feminine] (German), Diversität [feminine] (German), Unterschiedlichkeit [feminine] (German), ποικιλότητα (poikilótita) [feminine] (Greek), מגוון (migvan) [masculine] (Hebrew), különféleség (Hungarian), sokféleség (Hungarian), változatosság (Hungarian), sokszínűség (Hungarian), heterogenitás (Hungarian), fjölbreytni (Icelandic), divereso (Ido), diversitas (Indonesian), éagsúlacht [feminine] (Irish), diversità [feminine] (Italian), 多様性 (tayōsei) (alt: たようせい) (Japanese), 変化 (henka) (alt: へんか) (Japanese), әралуандылық (äraluandylyq) (Kazakh), diversitas [feminine] (Latin), daudzveidība [feminine] (Latvian), diversiti (Malay), diversità [feminine] (Maltese), विविधता (vividhatā) (Nepali), mangfold (Norwegian Bokmål), mangfald (Norwegian Nynorsk), mislīcnes [feminine] (Old English), różnorodność [feminine] (Polish), diversidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ñawra (Quechua), разнообра́зие (raznoobrázije) [neuter] (Russian), raznòlikōst [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), diverzìtēt [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), heterogenost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rozmanitosť [feminine] (Slovak), diverzita [feminine] (Slovak), diversidad [feminine] (Spanish), mångfald (Swedish), balaki (Tagalog), kabalakihan (Tagalog), kayamuan (Tagalog), భిన్నత్వం (bhinnatvaṁ) (Telugu), ความหลากหลาย (kwaam-làak-lǎai) (Thai), çeşitlilik (Turkish), sự đa dạng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-diversity-en-noun-S37mIGZJ Disambiguation of 'quality of being diverse; difference': 88 7 5
  2. A variety; diverse types or examples. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: selection
    Sense id: en-diversity-en-noun-VMPVlY1B
  3. (chiefly business) Equal-opportunity inclusion. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Leftism
    Sense id: en-diversity-en-noun-2-qx8glv Disambiguation of Leftism: 18 4 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 5 63 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 34 7 59 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: diverse, divert, divers, inclusivity

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          "ref": "1971, Lyndon Johnson, “\"I feel like I have already been here a year\"”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 23",
          "text": "On December 17 I addressed the UN General Assembly, stating that it was this nation's policy to help create a world that \"can be safe for diversity and free from hostility.\"",
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          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Unterschiedlichkeit"
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          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "poikilótita",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ποικιλότητα"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "migvan",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "מגוון"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "különféleség"
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          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "sokféleség"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "változatosság"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "sokszínűség"
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        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "heterogenitás"
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "fjölbreytni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "divereso"
        },
        {
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          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "diversitas"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "éagsúlacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diversità"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "alt": "たようせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tayōsei",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "多様性"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "へんか",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "henka",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "変化"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "äraluandylyq",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "әралуандылық"
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "daudzveidība"
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          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "diversiti"
        },
        {
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diversità"
        },
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          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "vividhatā",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "विविधता"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "mangfold"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "mangfald"
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "mislīcnes"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "różnorodność"
        },
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          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "diversidade"
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          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "word": "ñawra"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raznoobrázije",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "разнообра́зие"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "raznòlikōst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "diverzìtēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "heterogenost"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "rozmanitosť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 7 5",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "diverzita"
        },
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      "word": "daudzveidība"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "diversiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diversità"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "lang": "Nepali",
      "roman": "vividhatā",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "विविधता"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "mangfold"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "mangfald"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mislīcnes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "różnorodność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diversidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "ñawra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznoobrázije",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "разнообра́зие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raznòlikōst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "diverzìtēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heterogenost"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozmanitosť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diverzita"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diversidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "mångfald"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "balaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "kabalakihan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "kayamuan"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bhinnatvaṁ",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "భిన్నత్వం"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kwaam-làak-lǎai",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "ความหลากหลาย"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "çeşitlilik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "quality of being diverse; difference",
      "word": "sự đa dạng"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diversity"
}

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