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Diversity is defined as the condition of having many different elements.

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An example of diversity is a classroom full of children of different backgrounds.

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noun pl. diversities

quality, state, fact, or instance of being diverse; difference
variety

Origin: ME diversite < OFr diverseté

See diversity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. di·ver·si·ties

a. The fact or quality of being diverse; difference.
b. A point or respect in which things differ.
Variety or multiformity: “Charles Darwin saw in the diversity of species the principles of evolution that operated to generate the species: variation, competition and selection” (Scientific American).

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