diversity

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Pronunciation

/daɪˈvɜːsɪtɪ/(dy-VUR-si-tee)

Part of speech

nounneutral/positive

Chinese

多样性;差异性(不同类型的事物或人共存)

Definition

The state of having a great variety of something; the practice or quality of including people from different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders.

Word family

  • diverse/daɪˈvɜːs/(adj)多样的
  • diversify/daɪˈvɜːsɪfaɪ/(v)使多样化
  • diversification/daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/(n)多样化

Collocations

  • diversity and inclusion
  • celebrate diversity
  • diversity of views
  • biodiversity
  • diversity training
  • rich diversity

Examples

  1. 1.The team's diversity of backgrounds and perspectives was identified as one of the key reasons for its innovative output.
  2. 2.Biodiversity is essential to the health of ecosystems — the loss of species has consequences that extend far beyond any single habitat.

Synonyms

  • variety/vəˈraɪɪtɪ/a number of different kinds
  • range/reɪndʒ/the full extent of something
  • heterogeneity/ˌhɛtərəʊdʒɪˈniːɪtɪ/the quality of being diverse — formal

Etymology

from Latin "diversitas" = variety, from "diversus" (turned different ways)