Standard Lemma guide

diversity

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
  • /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disuniformity, diversity, heterogeneity, irregularity, multiformity, nonconformity, nonhomogeneity, nonregularity, nonuniformity, unconformity, variety

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A variety; diverse types or examples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: selection

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Equal-opportunity inclusion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the condition or result of being changeable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

5

noun

Meaning 5

noticeable heterogeneity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a diversity of possibilities
  • the range and variety of his work is amazing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diverseness, multifariousness, variety

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: heterogeneity, heterogeneousness

Narrower terms: biodiversity

History

Etymology

From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās, equivalent to diverse + -ity. Displaced native Old English mislīcnes.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَنَوُّع (tanawwuʕ) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Arabic: تَعَدُّدِيَّة (taʕaddudiyya) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Armenian: բազմազանություն (bazmazanutʻyun) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Asturian: diversidá — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Azerbaijani: müxtəliflik — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Basque: aniztasun — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Bulgarian: разнообразие (raznoobrazie) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Catalan: diversitat — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多樣性 /多样性 (duōyàngxìng) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 變化 /变化 (biànhuà) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Czech: rozmanitost — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Czech: rozdílnost — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Czech: diverzita — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Danish: diversitet — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Danish: mangfoldighed — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Dutch: verscheidenheid — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Dutch: diversiteit — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Esperanto: diverseco — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Finnish: monimuotoisuus — quality of being diverse; difference
  • French: diversité — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Galician: diversidade — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Georgian: მრავალფეროვნება (mravalperovneba) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Georgian: სახესხვაობა (saxesxvaoba) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • German: Vielfältigkeit — quality of being diverse; difference
  • German: Mannigfaltigkeit — quality of being diverse; difference
  • German: Vielfalt — quality of being diverse; difference
  • German: Diversität — quality of being diverse; difference
  • German: Unterschiedlichkeit — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Greek: ποικιλότητα (poikilótita) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hebrew: מגוון (migvan) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hindi: विविधता (vividhtā) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hungarian: különféleség — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hungarian: sokféleség — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hungarian: változatosság — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hungarian: sokszínűség — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Hungarian: heterogenitás — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Icelandic: fjölbreytni — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Ido: divereso — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Indonesian: keanekaragaman — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Indonesian: diversitas — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Indonesian: keragaman — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Irish: éagsúlacht — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Italian: diversità — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Japanese: 多様性 (tayōsei) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Japanese: 変化 (henka) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Kazakh: әралуандылық (äraluandylyq) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Latin: diversitas — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Latvian: daudzveidība — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Malay: diversiti — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Maltese: diversità — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Nepali: विविधता (vividhatā) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mangfold — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mangfald — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Old English: mislīcnes — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Persian: تنوع (tanavvo') — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Polish: różnorodność — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Portuguese: diversidade — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Quechua: ñawra — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Russian: разнообра́зие (raznoobrázije) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Serbo-Croatian: raznòlikōst — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Serbo-Croatian: diverzìtēt — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Serbo-Croatian: heterogenost — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Slovak: rozmanitosť — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Slovak: diverzita — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Spanish: diversidad — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Swedish: mångfald — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Tagalog: kaibahan — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Tagalog: pagkakaiba-iba — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Tagalog: dibersidad — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Telugu: భిన్నత్వం (bhinnatvaṁ) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Thai: ความหลากหลาย (kwaam-làak-lǎai) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Turkish: çeşitlilik — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Ukrainian: різномані́тність (riznomanítnistʹ) — quality of being diverse; difference
  • Vietnamese: sự đa dạng — quality of being diverse; difference
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