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cultural diversity

cultural diversity

6 3.7
A society where many different cultures and groups of people live together
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌltʃərəl daɪˈvɜrsɪti/
translation icon : diversidad cultural
  • This festival showcases the cultural diversity of our community, bringing together people from various backgrounds.
  • awareness of cultural diversity
  • promoting cultural diversity
  • cultural diversity programs

So it was never proposed by the European Commission an idea of putting in question this cultural diversity on the European side.

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Examples

  • But also because of immigration over the the years, there may be cultural diversity as a result of this.

  • There is also a need for greater cultural diversity in the community college history curriculum.

    Academic text (1991)

  • I mean, because of that, this background is actually quite rich in cultural diversity because everyone is looking at the same thing.

  • Paris... a city of cultural diversity.

    On the Inside (2011)

  • I want to go now to the issue of democracy and cultural diversity in the world.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Two awards established in the 1960s drew attention to books about cultural diversity.

    Academic text (2013)

  • All music educators should make themselves aware of the cultural diversity of the school community in which they work.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Police forces nationwide are hiring more minority officers, and cultural diversity training is more common.

    Academic text (1999)

  • The 1990 census indicated, to no one's surprise, that cultural diversity in this country is growing rapidly.

    Academic text (1993)

  • How can we negotiate cultural diversity more consciously in our classrooms?

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

diversity
vscultural diversity
348 3.5

A range of different people or things

narrows this to the presence of many cultural or ethnic groups within society
heterogeneity
vscultural diversity
5 8.4

The presence of different kinds of things or people in a group

applies that state specifically to cultural and ethnic group presence in society
mosaic culture
vscultural diversity
  • Canadian
6.5

A society where different cultural groups keep their own traditions

focuses on the mere presence of many cultural or ethnic groups in society
heterogeneousness
vscultural diversity
8.9

A situation in which people or things are different from each other

specifies that the mix concerns cultural or ethnic group presence in society
variousness
vscultural diversity
5.3

The state of having many different kinds of people or things

limits that general variety to many cultural or ethnic groups living together
variedness
vscultural diversity
6.3

A state with many different kinds of things

uses that idea to talk about many cultural or ethnic groups within society
diverseness
vscultural diversity
6.1

A state of having many different kinds of people or things in a group

constrains that notion to the coexistence of cultural or ethnic groups in society

How Diverse

pluralism
11 7.2
cultural diversity
6 3.7

Surface Forms

cultural diversity singular
cultural diversities plural

Morphology

cultural + diversity

The meaning is directly and predictably built from 'cultural' (relating to a society's customs and practices) modifying 'diversity' (variety or inclusion of distinct elements). This adjective+noun composition is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Cultural diversity is like a busy market where many stalls offer different foods, music, and clothes. This picture shows how different cultures keep their own ways but make the whole community richer, so 'cultural diversity' means 'the existence of many cultural or ethnic groups within a society'.