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diversity
OXFORD DICTIONARY
diversity, n. (pl. -ies)
1 being diverse; variety.
2 a different kind; a variety.
1 being diverse; variety.
2 a different kind; a variety.
Etymology
ME f. OF diversit{eacute} f. L diversitas -tatis (as DIVERS)
THESAURUS
diversity
Proteus, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, agreement to disagree, alienation, allotropism, allotropy, alteration, amelioration, antagonism, apostasy, argumentation, bad copy, bad likeness, betterment, break, camouflage, change, change of heart, changeableness, clashing, conflict, constructive change, continuity, contradiction, contrariety, contrast, controversy, conversion, counter-culture, defection, degeneration, degenerative change, departure, deterioration, deviation, difference, disaccord, disaccordance, disagreement, disapprobation, disapproval, disconformity, discongruity, discontinuity, discord, discordance, discordancy, discrepancy, discreteness, disguise, disharmony, disparity, dissatisfaction, dissemblance, dissension, dissent, dissentience, dissidence, dissimilarity, dissimilation, dissimilitude, dissonance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, disunion, disunity, divergence, divergency, diversification, diversion, dropping out, extent, faction, far cry, fitting, flip-flop, gradual change, her infinite variety, heterogeneity, heteromorphism, improvement, inaccordance, incommensurability, incomparability, incompatibility, incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, individuality, inequality, inharmoniousness, inharmony, irreconcilability, jarring, makeup, manifoldness, melioration, mere caricature, minority opinion, mitigation, mixture, modification, modulation, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, negation, nonagreement, nonassent, nonconcurrence, nonconformity, nonconsent, nonuniformity, odds, omnifariousness, omniformity, opposition, oppugnancy, otherness, overthrow, polymorphism, poor imitation, qualification, radical change, range, re-creation, realignment, recusance, recusancy, redesign, reform, reformation, rejection, remaking, renewal, repudiation, repugnance, reshaping, restructuring, reversal, revival, revivification, revolution, secession, separateness, shapeshifter, shift, sudden change, switch, total change, transition, turn, turnabout, unconformity, underground, unharmoniousness, unlikeness, unorthodoxy, unresemblance, unsameness, unsimilarity, upheaval, variance, variation, variegation, variety, variousness, violent change, withdrawal, worseningROGET THESAURUS
diversity
Difference
N difference, variance, variation, variety, diversity, dissimilarity, disagreement, disparity, distinction, contradistinction, alteration, modification, permutation, moods and tenses, nice distinction, fine distinction, delicate distinction, subtle distinction, shade of difference, nuance, discrimination, differentia, different thing, something else, apple off another tree, another pair of shoes, horse of a different color, this that or the other, differing, different, diverse, heterogeneous, multifarious, polyglot, distinguishable, dissimilar, varied, modified, diversified, various, divers, all manner of, all kinds of, variform, daedal, other, another, not the same, unequal, unmatched, widely apart, poles apart, distinctive, characteristic, discriminative, distinguishing, incommensurable, incommensurate, differently, il y a fagots et fagots.Nonuniformity
N nonuniformity, diversity, irregularity, unevenness, multiformity, unconformity, roughness, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication, divergence, diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough, multifarious, multiform, of various kinds, all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of, variously, in all manner of ways, here there and everywhere.Dissimilarity
N dissimilarity, dissimilaritude, unlikeness, diversity, disparity, dissemblance, divergence, variation, difference, novelty, originality, creativeness, oogamy, dissimilar, unlike, disparate, divergent, of a different kind, unmatched, unique, new, novel, unprecedented, original, nothing of the kind, no such thing, quite another thing, far from it, cast in a different mold, tertium quid, as like a dock as a daisy, very like a whale, as different as chalk from cheese, as different as Macedon and Monmouth, lucus a non lucendo, diversified, otherwise, diis aliter visum, no more like my father than I to Hercules.Multiformity
N multiformity, omniformity, variety, diversity, multifariousness, varied assortment, dissimilarity, polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex, heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform, manifold, many-sided, variegated, motley, mosaic, epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular, mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers, all manner of, of every description, of all sorts and kinds, et hoc genus omne, and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis, jumbled, confused, mixed up, discordant, inharmonious, unmatched, unrelated, nonuniform, omniform, omnigenous, omnifarious, protean (form), harmoniously confused, variety's the very spice of life.For further exploring for "diversity" in Webster Dictionary Online