多様性|たようせいtayousei

1. noundiversity; variety
   現行げんこうの法律ほうりつは人種じんしゅの多様性たようせいを考慮こうりょしていない。↗

   Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.

• SynonymバラエティNeutralA loanword meaning rich variety; also refers to variety shows, as in 「バラエティ豊か」.
• Synonym多彩たさいNeutralSuggests rich, colourful variety, as in 「多彩な才能」; the emphasis is on brilliance and abundance.
• Synonym多種多様たしゅたようNeutralFour-character idiom meaning 'of many kinds', as in 「多種多様な意見」; 「多様性」 is a noun naming the quality itself.
• Synonym千差万別せんさばんべつNeutralFour-character idiom stressing that things all differ from one another, as in 「好みは千差万別」.
• SynonymヴァリエテNeutralFrench loanword for variation within a kind; extremely rare — say 「バラエティ」 instead.
• Related種々しゅじゅWrittenWritten/formal word for 'various', stressing that there are many kinds, as in 「種々の問題」.
• Related多種たしゅNeutralSimply means 'many kinds', with the emphasis on quantity, as in 「多種の商品」.
• RelatedまちまちNeutralMeans things differ from one another and are not uniform, as in 「意見がまちまち」.
• Related千姿万態せんしばんたいWrittenWritten four-character idiom for myriad shapes and appearances; rarely used, and stresses outward form.
• Related種々雑多しゅじゅざったNeutralFour-character idiom for a motley jumble of things; the nuance is mixed and disorganised, less positive than 「多様性」.
• Related千態万状せんたいばんじょうWrittenWritten four-character idiom for countless forms and states; rarely used, stressing variety of form.
• Related千般せんぱんWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for 'myriad kinds'; not used in everyday speech, stressing sheer number of kinds.
• Related万状ばんじょうWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for all manner of states or situations; not used in daily life, stressing the variety of circumstances.
• Antonym単一性たんいつせいNeutralAntonym: oneness or uniformity — the opposite of 「多様性」, which implies many different elements.
• Antonym均一性NeutralAntonym: homogeneity, everything being alike, as in 「品質の均一性」; the opposite of 「多様性」.

Use 「多様性」 for diversity in society or biology, as in 「生物多様性」 and 「ダイバーシティ」. When you just mean many kinds, 「多種多様」 fits; when things all differ, use 「まちまち」. The other idioms and written terms are rarer or narrower in nuance, and 「種々雑多」 sounds less positive than 「多様性」.

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1. 色色いろいろな種類しゅるいのものが存在そんざいすること。