diversity
diversity は英検準1級・英検1級・TOEIC 730・TOEFL 60・IELTS 5.5レベルの英単語で、「多様性、相違」という意味があります。発音記号は /daɪˈvɜːrsəti/ です。
意味一覧 (2件)
多様性
解説 Definition
異なる種類や性質のものが一緒に存在すること。多様な要素や観点が社会や組織に存在する状態を指します。
Diversity is the state of having many different kinds of people or things in one group or place. It is often used when talking about culture, race, ideas, or experiences in a school, workplace, or society. The word usually has a positive meaning because variety can bring new views and strengths.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
diversity は、社会・組織・生態系などに異なる種類の人や物が共存している「多様性」を表します。diverse「多様な」+ -ity「状態」と考えると、違う要素が一つの場に含まれる状態だと分かります。cultural diversity, biodiversity, diversity and inclusion の形で覚えると定着しやすいです。単なる違いの列挙より、複数の種類が同じ集団や環境にある点に注目します。
Notice the shape: diverse becomes diversity with -ity, like active to activity. That ending often makes a noun for a quality or state. Remember common pairs such as cultural diversity, biodiversity, and diversity and inclusion. Diversity often suggests different kinds living, working, or existing together in one place.
例文
The company values diversity in its workforce.
その会社は労働力の多様性を重視しています。
Cultural diversity makes our society stronger.
文化的多様性は私たちの社会をより強くします。
We should celebrate diversity in our community.
私たちはコミュニティの多様性を祝うべきです。
相違
(意味 2)解説 Definition
意見・性質・数値などが互いに同じでないことを表す名詞です。特に diversity of opinion のように、複数の人や物の間に見られる違いをやや書き言葉で述べる時に使います。
Diversity is the state of not being the same, especially when different people, things, opinions, qualities, or numbers show clear differences. It is often used in a slightly formal way to talk about variation within a group or between several things. In phrases like diversity of opinion, it means that people do not all think in the same way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
diversity は diverse「異なった、多様な」に -ity が付いた名詞です。-ity は activity や equality のように「性質・状態」を作ります。基本は「同じでない状態」なので、diversity of opinion なら「意見の相違」。すぐに社会的な「多様性」と結び付けず、まず different に近い「違いがあること」と考えると、この基本義をつかみやすくなります。
Diversity is formed from diverse, meaning "different," plus the noun ending -ity, which makes words for a quality or state, like activity or equality. So the basic idea is "the state of being different." In diversity of opinion, for example, it means that opinions are not the same. If you first think of it as "difference" rather than only the social idea of "diversity," the core meaning is easier to remember.
例文
There was a great diversity of opinion at the meeting.
その会議では意見に大きな相違があった。
The survey showed considerable diversity in the students' answers.
その調査は生徒たちの回答にかなりの相違があることを示した。
We were surprised by the diversity of views within such a small team.
そんなに小さなチームの中に見解の相違があることに私たちは驚いた。
diversity の語源・成り立ち Etymology
diversity は古フランス語 diversité を経て、ラテン語 diversitas「相違・多様」に由来します。語幹 diversus は dis-「離れて」+ vertere「向きを変える」なので、「同じ方向でなく別々へ向くこと」から多様性の意味になりました。関連語は diverse, divert。
Diversity came into English through Old French diversité, from Latin diversitas, meaning difference or variety. Its deeper root is diversus, from dis- "apart" and vertere "to turn." The idea was of things turning in different directions, which developed into the sense of variety. Related English words include diverse and divert.
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