multifariousness
- noun
- /ˌmʌl.tɪˈfɛr.i.əs.nəs/
- Formal
- The garden was a beautiful display of multifariousness, featuring flowers of every color and shape imaginable.
Examples
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This passion for isolation had its reward in a sense that existence was indeed a sufficient object; that you had powers of perception congruent with its ordered multifariousness.
Academic text (1992) -
Because of the universality of this phenomenon and its multifariousness, different approaches to the sublime can be distinguished, although they are not always exclusive.
Academic text (2002) -
Today we are used to the idea that a free market economy, except when it collapses, goes on changing and growing inexorably, with a multifariousness that can be analyzed only up to a point, and never fully described.
Academic text (2011) -
The museum's exhibits showcase the multifariousness of human culture, including art, music, and dance from various regions.
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Her interests reflect a remarkable multifariousness, ranging from science fiction novels to classical music and painting.
Synonyms
A group of different kinds of things
A range of different people or things
A large number of different things in one group
A quality of something that has many different parts or sides
A state of having many different kinds of people or things in a group
The state of having many different kinds of people or things
Antonyms
How Diverse
Surface Forms
Morphology
multifariousness = multifarious (transparent) = multifarious + ness
Clear nominalization: the adjective 'multifarious' + the productive suffix '-ness' yields a noun meaning the state or quality of being multifarious.
Etymology
The word multifariousness comes from parts that mean 'many' and 'different': multi- 'many' and various 'different'. So, multifariousness is the state of having many different kinds, or simply 'variety'.