diversity

diversity, n.

1. DIVERSITY OF CITIZENSHIP.

2. Ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender heterogeneity within a group; the combination within a population of people with different backgrounds. • The Supreme Court has found diversity in education to be a compelling government interest that can support a narrowly tailored affirmative-action plan. Grutter v. Bollinger, 123 S.Ct. 2325 (2003).

3. Hist. A plea that a prisoner to be executed is not the one that was accused and found guilty, at which point a jury is immediately impaneled to try the issue of the prisoner’s identity.

diversity, adj. Of, relating to, or involving diversity jurisdiction (a diversity case).


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