diversityn.

/dɪˈvəːsɪti//dʌɪˈvəːsɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s diversite(e, Middle English dyverste.

Etymology: < Old French diverseté, diversité (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) difference, oddness, wickedness, perversity < Latin dīversitāt-em contrariety, disagreement, difference, < dīversus diverse adj.

a. The condition or quality of being diverse, different, or varied; difference, unlikeness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun]

diversitya1340

difference1340

variancec1374

distancea1382

unlikenessa1387

variationc1405

discrepation?a1425

distinction1435

severaltyc1449

unlikelinessc1450

dissemblance1463

unlikelihood1483

alteritya1500

indifferencec1503

discrepancea1522

dissimilitude1532

differency1542

variety1552

discernment1570

disparitya1575

discrepancy1579

otherness1587

discernance1592

imparity1608

disanalogy1610

disresemblance1622

dislikeness1623

diff1624

inconformity1625

irresemblance1628

variousness1628

odds1642

disparation1654

aliety1656

disparility1656

disparateness1659

severality1664

nonconformity1672

unconformableness1712

dissimilarity1715

differentness1727

differ1787

allogeneitya1834

otherwiseness1890

otherliness1937

diversion-

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cl. 4 Þai sown all samyn in acordandist dyuersite.

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 122 Ther was swich diuersitie Bitwene hir bothe lawes.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 32 Alle þese ben dyverse, after þe dyverste of here cause.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlv. f. xv^v The dyuersytie of that one from y^e other.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 76 Dyversite of gendre is expressed onely in pronownes of the thirde persone.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxii. §9. 554 Diuersitie of circumstance may alter the case.

1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 240 A discrete Axiome is then framed according to Art, when the partes of it doe dissent by diversitie, not as opposites.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. xxi. 81 Diversity is that affection by which things are distinguished one from the other. And is either real, rational, or modal.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 51 Through that diversity of members and interests, general liberty had as many securities as there were separate views in the several orders.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 247 Unity does not exclude diversity—nay more, without diversity there can be no true and perfect unity.

b. with a and plural. An instance of this condition or quality; a point of unlikeness; a difference, distinction; a different kind, a variety.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun]

manifoldnesseOE

serenessa1300

diversityc1340

sundernessc1390

diversenessa1400

seretya1400

variancea1400

sundryhead?a1425

sundrinessa1450

variety1548

multivariety1601

diversifying1611

inconstancy1646

heterogeneity1651

variousness1651

heterogeneousness1662

variegation1668

multifariousness1684

miscellaneousness1727

miscellaneity1778

versatility1802

omnifariousness1806

motleyness1819

many-headedness1847

heterology1854

unhomogeneity1862

diversitude1870

variedness1897

polycentricity1915

inhomogeneity1916

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > a difference or distinction

shedc950

diversityc1340

differencea1382

differencea1393

severance1422

distinction1435

discretivec1487

differing1528

unlikeness1561

distinguishment1592

fork1639

discrimen1644

misresemblancea1693

bright line1842

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a diversity

diversityc1340

manifold?1440

c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 35 Ȝit es þer a dyuersite by-twyx gastely and bodily dedis.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 45 In the persones ben so many dyuersetees, & facions not lyke.

1665 J. Rea Flora i. vii. 42 The White lily affordeth three diversities, two besides the common kind.

1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 8 His bloomy Beds a waving Glow display, Blushing in bright Diversities of Day.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 386 The colours being merely regarded as varieties: though some, from their rarity and singularity..ought rather to form diversities.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 122 People have diversities of taste.

†c. Divers manners or sorts: a variety. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a diversity > of manners or sorts

diversity1382

sundrinessa1450

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxi. 5 Forgid of gold, and of siluer..and dyuerste [a1425 L.V. dyuersite] of trees.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ps. xliv. 15 The doȝter of the King..in goldene hemmes, aboute wrappid with diuersitees [L. circumamicta varietatibus].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 237 Roring, shreeking..And mo diuersitie of sounds, all horrible.

2. Law. (See quot. 1848.)

ΚΠ

1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 189/1 Diversity, a plea by a prisoner in bar of execution, alleging that he is not the same who was attainted; upon which a jury is..impanelled to try the collateral issue thus raised, viz., the identity of the person.

†3. Contrariety to what is agreeable, good, or right; perversity, evil, mischief. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun]

burstc1000

harmOE

scatheOE

teenOE

evil healc1175

waningc1175

hurt?c1225

quede?c1225

balec1275

damage1300

follyc1300

grill13..

ungain13..

torferc1325

eviltyc1330

wem1338

impairment1340

marring1357

unhend1377

sorrowc1380

pairingc1384

pairmentc1384

mischiefc1385

offencec1385

appairment1388

hindering1390

noyinga1398

bresta1400

envya1400

wemminga1400

gremec1400

wilc1400

blemishing1413

lesion?a1425

nocument?a1425

injuryc1430

mischieving1432

hindrance1436

detrimenta1440

ill1470

untroth1470

diversity1484

remordc1485

unhappinessc1485

grudge1491

wriguldy-wrag?1520

danger1530

dishort1535

perishment1540

wreaka1542

emperishment1545

impeachment1548

indemnity1556

impair1568

spoil1572

impeach1575

interestc1575

emblemishing1583

mishap1587

endamagement1593

blemishment1596

mischievance1600

damnificationa1631

oblesion1656

mishanter1754

vitiation1802

mar1876

jeel1887

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmful mischief > [noun]

quede?c1225

follyc1300

unhend1377

envya1400

untroth1470

diversity1484

unhappinessc1485

wriguldy-wrag?1520

jeel1887

1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvii. 98 This quene..made vnto the peple grete dyuersytees [Fr. moult de diversitez].

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1308 Wethyr it be good ar ony deversyte.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxii. sig. h.ii In all his realme, was no dyuersyte Malyce was subdued.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 They carey with them no cartis..for y^e diversities [Fr. diversités] of y^e mountaignes.

4. diversity factor n. (see quot. 1943).

ΚΠ

1905 Fabian Tract cxix. 6 When we speak of a good diversity factor we mean that the generating station is so happily situated that it meets a regular and constant maximum demand for diverse purposes... A continuous ‘diversity factor’ makes a good ‘load factor’.

1916 Standardization Rules Amer. Inst. Electr. Engin. 17 Diversity Factor, the ratio of the sum of the maximum power demands of the subdivisions of any system or parts of a system to the maximum demand of the whole system or of the part of the system under consideration, measured at the point of supply.

1930 Sci. Abstr. B. 33 388 Nomograms for determining the diversity factor of a network having a number of loads of different magnitudes and durations.

1943 Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (B.S.I.) 90 Diversity factor,..the ratio of the sum of the maximum demands of the several consumers or loads to their maximum simultaneous demand.

5. Radio. Applied attributively to a system of reception in which, in order to reduce the effects of fading, a signal is received simultaneously by several channels, the signal or combination of signals of best quality being automatically selected.

ΚΠ

1930 Proc. IRE 18 1738 The R.C.A. receiving stations now employ the diversity system, usually with three antenna groups for a single unit.

1938 Admiralty Handbk. Wireless Telegr. II. R. §54 Diversity reception. This is the name given to various schemes that may be utilised at a receiving station... If a signal fades at one place, it may be quite strong at another a few hundred feet away.

1960 Electr. Comm. XXXVI. 123/1 Techniques of diversity reception have advanced rapidly... Two or more [radio] signals are separately received at different frequencies or over different paths.

Draft additions September 2021

The fact, condition, or practice of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, and (more recently) of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.Originally and frequently with modifying word indicating a particular focus, as in gender diversity, racial diversity, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > integration or egalitarianism

levellinga1641

levelism1659

Levelry1661

non-discrimination1793

liberation1798

diversity1859

equalitarianisma1866

equality of opportunity1891

egalitarianism1932

integration1940

1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 313/2 Caste was found susceptible of such wide application amidst the heterogeneous population of India, that it became..an institution to be adopted in all circumstances, even where no racial diversity existed.

1968 Listener 26 Dec. 855/3 I define integration not as a flattening process of assimilation but as equal opportunity accompanied by cultural diversity in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance.

1993 N.Y. Times 21 Mar. i. 24/3 We urge the President to look beyond the traditional settings of lawyering and make racial, ethnic and gender diversity one of the principal factors in his selection of the next Supreme Court justice.

2012 Guardian 9 Feb. 8/4 Their Anglican heritage..is strong on inclusivity and diversity.

Draft additions September 2021

As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to ethnic, social, gender, etc., diversity’ (cf. Additions), ‘that encourages or ensures diversity’, as in diversity officer, diversity quota, diversity training, etc.

ΚΠ

1988 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 66 85 A Diversity Training Coordinator designs and facilitates interventions and events to help change the corporate culture.

1993 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 June a14 The National Skill Standards Board would be..subject to a Clinton ‘diversity quota’.

1994 Adweek (Nexis) 21 Mar. NBC will hire a diversity officer for its West Coast office.

1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 13 Feb. b1/4 Diversity training is important because the majority of the students at the school come from the surrounding area—Claysburg, where the Greenwood public-housing complex is located.

2014 H. D. Aidi Rebel Music ix. 217 American embassies were implementing ‘diversity management’ programs just as David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Angela Merkel had declared multiculturalism was dead.

2021 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Feb. b2/2 The credit facility is an extension of Carlyle's goal for the boards of the companies in its portfolio to have a diversity rate of at least 30 percent by next year.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	diversity
释义	diversityn. /dɪˈvəːsɪti//dʌɪˈvəːsɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s diversite(e, Middle English dyverste. Etymology: < Old French diverseté, diversité (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter) difference, oddness, wickedness, perversity < Latin dīversitāt-em contrariety, disagreement, difference, < dīversus diverse adj. 1. a. The condition or quality of being diverse, different, or varied; difference, unlikeness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] diversitya1340 difference1340 variancec1374 distancea1382 unlikenessa1387 variationc1405 discrepation?a1425 distinction1435 severaltyc1449 unlikelinessc1450 dissemblance1463 unlikelihood1483 alteritya1500 indifferencec1503 discrepancea1522 dissimilitude1532 differency1542 variety1552 discernment1570 disparitya1575 discrepancy1579 otherness1587 discernance1592 imparity1608 disanalogy1610 disresemblance1622 dislikeness1623 diff1624 inconformity1625 irresemblance1628 variousness1628 odds1642 disparation1654 aliety1656 disparility1656 disparateness1659 severality1664 nonconformity1672 unconformableness1712 dissimilarity1715 differentness1727 differ1787 allogeneitya1834 otherwiseness1890 otherliness1937 diversion- a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cl. 4 Þai sown all samyn in acordandist dyuersite. c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Tale 122 Ther was swich diuersitie Bitwene hir bothe lawes. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 32 Alle þese ben dyverse, after þe dyverste of here cause. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. xlv. f. xv^v The dyuersytie of that one from y^e other. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 76 Dyversite of gendre is expressed onely in pronownes of the thirde persone. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxii. §9. 554 Diuersitie of circumstance may alter the case. 1628 T. Spencer Art of Logick 240 A discrete Axiome is then framed according to Art, when the partes of it doe dissent by diversitie, not as opposites. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica i. xxi. 81 Diversity is that affection by which things are distinguished one from the other. And is either real, rational, or modal. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 51 Through that diversity of members and interests, general liberty had as many securities as there were separate views in the several orders. View more context for this quotation 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. 247 Unity does not exclude diversity—nay more, without diversity there can be no true and perfect unity. b. with a and plural. An instance of this condition or quality; a point of unlikeness; a difference, distinction; a different kind, a variety. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] manifoldnesseOE serenessa1300 diversityc1340 sundernessc1390 diversenessa1400 seretya1400 variancea1400 sundryhead?a1425 sundrinessa1450 variety1548 multivariety1601 diversifying1611 inconstancy1646 heterogeneity1651 variousness1651 heterogeneousness1662 variegation1668 multifariousness1684 miscellaneousness1727 miscellaneity1778 versatility1802 omnifariousness1806 motleyness1819 many-headedness1847 heterology1854 unhomogeneity1862 diversitude1870 variedness1897 polycentricity1915 inhomogeneity1916 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [noun] > a difference or distinction shedc950 diversityc1340 differencea1382 differencea1393 severance1422 distinction1435 discretivec1487 differing1528 unlikeness1561 distinguishment1592 fork1639 discrimen1644 misresemblancea1693 bright line1842 the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a diversity diversityc1340 manifold?1440 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 35 Ȝit es þer a dyuersite by-twyx gastely and bodily dedis. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde i. xiv. 45 In the persones ben so many dyuersetees, & facions not lyke. 1665 J. Rea Flora i. vii. 42 The White lily affordeth three diversities, two besides the common kind. 1731 A. Pope Epist. to Earl of Burlington 8 His bloomy Beds a waving Glow display, Blushing in bright Diversities of Day. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 386 The colours being merely regarded as varieties: though some, from their rarity and singularity..ought rather to form diversities. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty iii. 122 People have diversities of taste. †c. Divers manners or sorts: a variety. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > a diversity > of manners or sorts diversity1382 sundrinessa1450 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxxi. 5 Forgid of gold, and of siluer..and dyuerste [a1425 L.V. dyuersite] of trees. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ps. xliv. 15 The doȝter of the King..in goldene hemmes, aboute wrappid with diuersitees [L. circumamicta varietatibus]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) v. i. 237 Roring, shreeking..And mo diuersitie of sounds, all horrible. View more context for this quotation 2. Law. (See quot. 1848.) ΚΠ 1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 189/1 Diversity, a plea by a prisoner in bar of execution, alleging that he is not the same who was attainted; upon which a jury is..impanelled to try the collateral issue thus raised, viz., the identity of the person. †3. Contrariety to what is agreeable, good, or right; perversity, evil, mischief. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > harmful mischief > [noun] quede?c1225 follyc1300 unhend1377 envya1400 untroth1470 diversity1484 unhappinessc1485 wriguldy-wrag?1520 jeel1887 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxvii. 98 This quene..made vnto the peple grete dyuersytees [Fr. moult de diversitez]. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 1308 Wethyr it be good ar ony deversyte. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. xxii. sig. h.ii In all his realme, was no dyuersyte Malyce was subdued. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xvii. 18 They carey with them no cartis..for y^e diversities [Fr. diversités] of y^e mountaignes. 4. diversity factor n. (see quot. 1943). ΚΠ 1905 Fabian Tract cxix. 6 When we speak of a good diversity factor we mean that the generating station is so happily situated that it meets a regular and constant maximum demand for diverse purposes... A continuous ‘diversity factor’ makes a good ‘load factor’. 1916 Standardization Rules Amer. Inst. Electr. Engin. 17 Diversity Factor, the ratio of the sum of the maximum power demands of the subdivisions of any system or parts of a system to the maximum demand of the whole system or of the part of the system under consideration, measured at the point of supply. 1930 Sci. Abstr. B. 33 388 Nomograms for determining the diversity factor of a network having a number of loads of different magnitudes and durations. 1943 Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (B.S.I.) 90 Diversity factor,..the ratio of the sum of the maximum demands of the several consumers or loads to their maximum simultaneous demand. 5. Radio. Applied attributively to a system of reception in which, in order to reduce the effects of fading, a signal is received simultaneously by several channels, the signal or combination of signals of best quality being automatically selected. ΚΠ 1930 Proc. IRE 18 1738 The R.C.A. receiving stations now employ the diversity system, usually with three antenna groups for a single unit. 1938 Admiralty Handbk. Wireless Telegr. II. R. §54 Diversity reception. This is the name given to various schemes that may be utilised at a receiving station... If a signal fades at one place, it may be quite strong at another a few hundred feet away. 1960 Electr. Comm. XXXVI. 123/1 Techniques of diversity reception have advanced rapidly... Two or more [radio] signals are separately received at different frequencies or over different paths. Draft additions September 2021 The fact, condition, or practice of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds, and (more recently) of different genders, sexual orientations, etc.Originally and frequently with modifying word indicating a particular focus, as in gender diversity, racial diversity, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > integration or egalitarianism levellinga1641 levelism1659 Levelry1661 non-discrimination1793 liberation1798 diversity1859 equalitarianisma1866 equality of opportunity1891 egalitarianism1932 integration1940 1859 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 313/2 Caste was found susceptible of such wide application amidst the heterogeneous population of India, that it became..an institution to be adopted in all circumstances, even where no racial diversity existed. 1968 Listener 26 Dec. 855/3 I define integration not as a flattening process of assimilation but as equal opportunity accompanied by cultural diversity in an atmosphere of mutual tolerance. 1993 N.Y. Times 21 Mar. i. 24/3 We urge the President to look beyond the traditional settings of lawyering and make racial, ethnic and gender diversity one of the principal factors in his selection of the next Supreme Court justice. 2012 Guardian 9 Feb. 8/4 Their Anglican heritage..is strong on inclusivity and diversity. Draft additions September 2021 As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to ethnic, social, gender, etc., diversity’ (cf. Additions), ‘that encourages or ensures diversity’, as in diversity officer, diversity quota, diversity training, etc. ΚΠ 1988 Peabody Jrnl. Educ. 66 85 A Diversity Training Coordinator designs and facilitates interventions and events to help change the corporate culture. 1993 Wall St. Jrnl. 3 June a14 The National Skill Standards Board would be..subject to a Clinton ‘diversity quota’. 1994 Adweek (Nexis) 21 Mar. NBC will hire a diversity officer for its West Coast office. 1997 Courier-Jrnl. (Louisville, Kentucky) 13 Feb. b1/4 Diversity training is important because the majority of the students at the school come from the surrounding area—Claysburg, where the Greenwood public-housing complex is located. 2014 H. D. Aidi Rebel Music ix. 217 American embassies were implementing ‘diversity management’ programs just as David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy, and Angela Merkel had declared multiculturalism was dead. 2021 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 18 Feb. b2/2 The credit facility is an extension of Carlyle's goal for the boards of the companies in its portfolio to have a diversity rate of at least 30 percent by next year. 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