'''Diversity''' refers to a blend of several unique items coexisting. For example, you could have a diverse collection, a diversified [[stock]] portfolio, or a diverse [[ecosystem]].
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'''Diversity''' refers to [[race|racial]], [[religion|religious]], [[culture|cultural]], and other "diversity" being increasingly promoted within a single [[society]]. Racial diversity is the blending of many [[ethnicity|ethnic]] backgrounds, and is used to justify the practice of [[affirmative action]]. "Diversity" is also used as an excuse for the promotion or toleration of abnormal [[sexuality|sexual]] practices, and for the redefinition of [[marriage]] away from the traditional definition of one man, one woman. "Diversity hiring" is a currently fashionable [[business]] [[buzzword]].
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However most commonly these days, the term has been redefined according to modern standards of [[political correctness]] to describe [[race|racial]], [[religion|religious]], [[culture|cultural]], and other "diversity" being increasingly promoted within a single [[society]]. Racial diversity is the blending of many [[ethnicity|ethnic]] backgrounds, and is used to justify the practice of [[affirmative action]]. "Diversity" is also used as an excuse for the promotion or toleration of abnormal [[sexuality|sexual]] practices, and for the redefinition of [[marriage]] away from the traditional definition of one man, one woman. "Diversity hiring" is a currently fashionable [[business]] [[buzzword]].
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See also:
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*[[diversification]], i.e., of a [[stock]] portfolio