diversity
noun
[ dʌɪˈvəːsɪti ]
• the state of being diverse; variety.
• "there was considerable diversity in the style of the reports"
• 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"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French diversite, from Latin diversitas, from diversus ‘diverse’, past participle of divertere ‘turn aside’ (see divert).
