(Cultural) Originally, diversity of ideas and viewpoints were recognized as important to many different endeavors such as learning and decision-making - the idea being that the over time the best ideas and/or viewpoints would win out in fair competition. Unfortunately, once this concept was generally embraced as a good thing, it was subsequently perverted and has become a euphemism for quota preferences given to politically favored minority groups in such areas as hiring, promotion, granting of federal contracts and admission into educational systems.
Genuine diversity would imply that someone from Greenland or New Zealand would be a welcome addition to increase the diversity of a university culture. Instead, administrators believe their university somehow becomes more diverse by adding one more black from down the road, increasing black % enrollment from 7.23% to 7.24%. Odd how administrators never seem to notice that blacks don't really contribute to diversity anyway since blacks usually restrict their company to that of other blacks in the student union, classroom, fraternity, university clubs, etc.
by FigurinOutLife September 22, 2005
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In Marketing and Business:

1. The millennial's version of synergy
2. A buzzword used for virtue signalling
3. (In hiring) A deceptive practice designed to homogenize the ideals and thoughts of employees
4. When employees and co-workers eat lunch exclusively with members of the same race.
"To serve our users well, we need a diverse workforce that’s representative of the users we serve. That's why we lie on our marketing material to make it look like we are 90% African American and women." - Google

"We know intuitively that diversity matters." - McKinsey & Company

" YouTube illegally used quotas as recently as last year in an attempt to hire more black, Latinx, and female engineers." -Wired Magazine

"Welcome to the tour! My coworkers are super diverse! Over here in the lunch area, all the Asians eat together. And over there, all the Latinos. And over there, all the non-binary trans-racial zir's."
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"I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship. I don't think the network was talking about an old wooden ship, Ron." -Anchorman
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The variety of life forms on the planet.

Can also be used as a political term meaning forced race mixing.
The planet has a natural diversity of animal and plant life.
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Yet another code word for gay rights.
American schools are now forcing students to take courses in Diversity.
by sarcastic June 7, 2003
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correct me if im wrong but i believe diversity is an old wooden ship used to transport goods during the civil war
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A freakin awesome British streetdance goup who won Britain's got talent 2009. They have 11 members aged from 14 to 26 and have been on two European tours, performed for/ met the queen, and performed for/met the prime minister. The members of this group are: Ashley Banjo, Jordan Banjo, Matt McNaughton, Ian McNaughton, Jamie McNaughton, Sam Craske, Mitchell Craske, Warren Russel, Ike Ezekwugo, Perri Kiely, and Terry Smith.
Did you get tickets to the Diversity tour?

YES I did they were sold out in two hours!

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ohmigosh all the members of Diversity are so talented! And Perri's hair is awesome i love it hahaha
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