diversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
ipa: /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
Forms: form: diversities
Etymology: From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās, equivalent to diverse + -ity. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes.
Senses: examples: text: From this view of the case, my friends, I am driven irresistibly to the conclusion that diversity, dissimilarity, variety in all our local and domestic institutions, is the great safeguard of our liberties
ref: 1858 July 9, Stephen A. Douglas, "Speech of Stephen A. Douglas in Chicago", published in Political Debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (Cleveland, 1897)
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."
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, “"I feel like I have already been here a year"”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 23:
text: One place there were none, of course, was on the Buckingham Palace balcony, as was observed by the Bridgerton actor Adjoa Andoh – who contrasted on the ITV coverage “the rich diversity of the abbey” and “a terribly white balcony”.
ref: 2023 May 7, Caroline Davies, Emily Dugan, quoting Adjoa Andoh, “Coronation aimed for diversity but real challenges still lie ahead”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: disuniformity
word: diversity
word: heterogeneity
word: irregularity
word: multiformity
word: nonconformity
word: nonhomogeneity
word: nonregularity
word: nonuniformity
word: unconformity
word: variety
glosses: The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
examples: text: Hendryx has laid down eight tracks that flow seamlessly through funk, disco, gospel, rock and reggae, with nary a false step along the way. She is at home in this diversity of styles because she has paid her dues in all of them: from her days as one of the dynamoes of Labelle through collaborations with rock band Talking Heads, funk band Cameo […]
ref: 1983 August 6, Rob Schmieder, “Disco Consumers And Rock Activists”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
synonyms: selection
glosses: A variety; diverse types or examples.
examples: text: Bakke has shaped a precarious context for diversity initiatives in higher education. On the one hand, the U.S. Supreme Court has reasoned that race may serve a purpose in the admissions process; however, race may not be used as a corrective measure, such as by establishing quotas.
ref: 2003, Adalberto Aguirre, Racial and Ethnic Diversity in America: A Reference Handbook, page 72:
text: Diversity is now a big industry — about $8 billion per year gets spent on diversity trainings in America — and parents might be feeling blindsided by the rapid changes, many of which came after last year’s George Floyd protests.
ref: 2021 November 11, Jay Caspian Kang, “Can We Talk About Critical Race Theory?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: business
glosses: Equal-opportunity inclusion.
Derived terms: 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
Related terms: diverse
divert
divers
inclusivity