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MULTIFARIOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multifariousness mean? 

MULTIFARIOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun MULTIFARIOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. noticeable heterogeneityplay

  Familiarity information: MULTIFARIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MULTIFARIOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Noticeable heterogeneity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

diverseness; diversity; multifariousness; variety

Context example:

the range and variety of his work is amazing

Hypernyms ("multifariousness" is a kind of...):

heterogeneity; heterogeneousness (the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind)

Attribute:

varied (characterized by variety)

unvaried; unvarying (lacking variety)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "multifariousness"):

biodiversity (the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole))

Derivation:

multifarious (having many aspects or qualities)


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