diversity

/daɪˈvʌrsɪɾi/

/daɪˈvʌsɪti/

Other forms: diversities

When there's diversity, there's variety. Often, this word is used for diversity of race, class, or gender.

To have diversity, you need a mix of whatever you're talking about. If you like science fiction, romantic comedies, cartoons, and action movies, then you like a diversity of types of films. If you like nothing but kung fu films, then you don't like a diversity of films. No matter what kind of diversity you're talking about, there needs to be a real mix, kind of like a huge box of Crayolas.

Definitions of diversity

1. noun

   noticeable heterogeneity
   “a diversity of possibilities”

   synonyms: diverseness, multifariousness, variety

   types:

   biodiversity

   the variety of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole)

   type of:

   heterogeneity, heterogeneousness

   the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind
2. noun

   the condition or result of being changeable
   type of:

   condition, status

   a state at a particular time