Meanings
- uncountablehuman sciencesThe situation where a person or organization loses interest in diversity initiatives through repeated exposure or lack of results.
Finally someone said, “Our organization is facing diversity fatigue.”
2013, Trevor Wilson, The Human Equity Advantage2 more examples
We're now told that much of the media industry has come down with "diversity fatigue." Before this malady, the story goes, the American Society of Newspaper Editors was committed to racial diversity.
1998, Z Magazine, volume 11, numbers 1–6, page 8Many companies have also developed "diversity fatigue," says Watson. "Some one at the senior executive level thinks diversity is a great idea. There's this push — events, posters — that lasts for a year or two and then it goes by the wayside.
2006, Black Enterprise, volume 36, numbers 6–12, page 98
Cite this entry
diversity fatigue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversity%20fatigue
“diversity fatigue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversity%20fatigue. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diversity fatigue,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diversity%20fatigue.
Source: diversity fatigue on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.