Definition of diversity
- programs intended to promote diversity in schools
- a diversity of opinion
The island has more diversity in plant life than other islands nearby.
The city is known for its cultural diversity.
The school aims for diversity in its student population.
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contrast, difference, disagreement, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, otherness, unlikeness;
alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity;
accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude;
differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability;
change, modification, variation;
anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity;
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