Meanings
plural diversifications
- countableuncountableThe act, or the result, of diversifying.
In 2024, the campaigns are against video game consulting companies such as Sweet Baby for performing what some gamers believe is “forced diversification.”
2024 August 14, Vittoria Elliott, “Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet”, in WIRED - countableuncountablebusinessAn investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of introducing variety (especially in investments or in the variety of goods and services offered)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindiversus“turned in different ways”
- Medieval Latindiversificatiō
- Englishdiversification
From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse + -ification.
More words from Medieval Latin, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَنْوِيع
- تَنْوِيع (tanwīʕ)act of diversifying
Bulgarian разнообразя́ване
- разнообразя́ване (raznoobrazjávane)act of diversifying
Catalan diversificació
- diversificacióact of diversifying
Chinese Mandarin 多樣化 /多样化, 多元化
- 多樣化 /多样化 (duōyànghuà)act of diversifying
- 多元化 (duōyuánhuà)act of diversifying
Czech diverzifikace
- diverzifikaceact of diversifying
Finnish monipuolistaminen, monipuolistuminen
- monipuolistaminenact of diversifying
- monipuolistuminenact of diversifying
French diversification
- diversificationact of diversifying
German Diversifikation, Diversifizierung
- Diversifikationact of diversifying
- Diversifizierungact of diversifying
Greek διαφοροποίηση
- διαφοροποίηση (diaforopoíisi)act of diversifying
Indonesian diversifikasi
- diversifikasiact of diversifying
Italian diversificazione
- diversificazioneact of diversifying
Japanese 多様化, 万状
- 多様化 (tayōka)act of diversifying
- 万状 (banjō)act of diversifying
Korean 다양화, 다원화
- 다양화 (dayanghwa)act of diversifying
- 다원화 (dawonhwa)act of diversifying
- 다각화 (dagakhwa)act of diversifying
Māori whakakanorautanga
- whakakanorautangaact of diversifying
Persian تنوع
- تنوعact of diversifying
Polish dywersyfikacja
- dywersyfikacjaact of diversifying
Portuguese diversificação
- diversificaçãoact of diversifying
Russian диверсифика́ция
- диверсифика́ция (diversifikácija)act of diversifying
Slovak diverzifikácia
- diverzifikáciaact of diversifying
Spanish diversificación
- diversificaciónact of diversifying
Swedish diversifiering
- diversifieringact of diversifying
Ukrainian диверсифіка́ція, урізномані́тнення
- диверсифіка́ція (dyversyfikácija)act of diversifying
- урізномані́тнення (uriznomanítnennja)act of diversifying
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with diversification
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Cite this entry
diversification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversification
“diversification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversification. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diversification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversification.
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