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Webster 1913 Edition
Diversity
Di-ver′si-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Diversities
(#)
. 1.
A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness.
They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare
diversity
, rise into a contrariety. South.
2.
Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety.
“Diversity of sounds.” Shak.
“Diversities of opinion.” Secker.
Syn. – See
Variety
. Webster 1828 Edition
Diversity
DIVERSITY
,Noun.
1.
Difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. There may be diversity without contrariety. There is a great diversity in human constitutions.2.
Variety; as a diversity of ceremonies in churches.3.
Distinct being, as opposed to identity.4.
Variegation.Blushing in bright diversities of day.
Definition 2025
diversity
diversity
English
Noun
diversity (countable and uncountable, plural diversities)
- The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
- c1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, 87:
- Ther was swich diversitee Bitwene hir bothe lawes.
- c1386, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Man of Law's Tale, 87:
- A variety; diverse types or examples.
- 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
- 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.
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Related terms
Translations
quality of being diverse; difference
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