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   Di·ver·si·ty

   /dəˈvərsədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. the state of being diverse; variety: "there was considerable diversity in the style of the reports"
   • ▪ a range of different things: "newspapers were obliged to allow a diversity of views to be printed"
   • 2. the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.: "equality and diversity should be supported for their own sake"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French diversite, from Latin diversitas, from diversus ‘diverse’, past participle of divertere ‘turn aside’ (see divert).

   Scrabble Points: 16

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