'Diversity' definitions:
Definition of 'diversity'
From: WordNet
noun
Noticeable heterogeneity; "a diversity of possibilities"; "the range and variety of his work is amazing" [syn: diverseness, diversity, multifariousness, variety]
noun
The condition or result of being changeable
Definition of 'Diversity'
From: GCIDE
- Diversity \Di*ver"si*ty\, n.; pl. Diversities. [F. diversit['e], L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.]
- 1. A state of difference; dissimilitude; unlikeness. [1913 Webster]
- They will prove opposite; and not resting in a bare diversity, rise into a contrariety. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Multiplicity of difference; multiformity; variety. "Diversity of sounds." --Shak. "Diversities of opinion." --Secker. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." --Pope.
- Syn: See Variety. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'diversity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Proteus,
- 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,
- worsening