diversity

From Middle English diversite, from Old French diversité, from Latin dīversitās.

• IPA^(key): /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, /dɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/

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diversity (countable and uncountable, plural diversities)

1. The quality of being diverse or different; difference or unlikeness.
2. A variety; diverse types or examples.
   • 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:

     The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.

• (quality of being diverse or different): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
• (diverse types or examples): selection

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