diversity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun noticeable heterogeneity
    variety; diverseness; multifariousness.
    • a diversity of possibilities
    • the range and variety of his work is amazing
  2. noun the condition or result of being changeable

WordNet

Di*ver"si*ty noun
Etymology
F. diversité, L. diversitas, fr. diversus. See Diverse.
Wordforms
plural Diversities
Definitions
  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.
  3. Variegation. "Bright diversities of day." Pope. Syn. -- See Variety.

Webster 1913