forbidden word(s): DEI (Diversity Equity Inclusion)
diversity n. Diversity of opinions makes for an interesting discussion: difference, variance, diversification, divergence; variety, assortment.
Ant. likeness, similarity, sameness.
from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.
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equity n. 1 The Supreme Court must judge each case with complete equity: impartiality, fair-mindedness, fairness, justice, evenhandedness, reasonableness; fair dealings, justice. 2 The family has over $10,000 equity in the house: assets over liabilities, assets after mortgage, cash value; (loosely) cash, value, profit, assets, investment.
Ant. 1 unfairness, partiality, bias, prejudice, unreasonableness; injustice
from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.
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inclusion n.
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the act of including.
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the state of being included.
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something that is included.
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the practice or policy of including and integrating all people and groups in activities, organizations, political processes, etc., especially those who are disadvantaged, have suffered discrimination, or are living with disabilities: Our company is committed to addressing issues of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Political and civic inclusion is vital to a sustainable democracy.
Our company is committed to addressing issues of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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the educational policy of placing students with physical or mental disabilities in regular classrooms and providing them with certain accommodations.
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Biology. a body suspended in the cytoplasm, as a granule.
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Mineralogy. a solid body or a body of gas or liquid enclosed within the mass of a mineral.
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Petrography. xenolith.
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Logic, Mathematics. the relationship between two sets when the second is a subset of the first.
from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025d). In Dictionary.com.
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DEI¹ abbreviation
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diversity, equity, and inclusion: a conceptual framework that promotes the fair treatment and full participation of all people, especially in the workplace, including populations who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination because of their background, identity, disability, etc.
DEI² abbreviation
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Dutch East Indies
from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025e). In Dictionary.com.
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example sentences: DEI
The DEI allegations come days after federal judges blocked a Trump administration directive that threatened to withhold federal funds from K-12 public schools that did not comply with its anti-DEI guidance.
From Los Angeles Times
The federal judge who made the initial ruling said the administration was unclear in its definition of DEI.
From Los Angeles Times
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s guidance forbidding DEI efforts in K-12 public schools, impacting California and other states.
From Los Angeles Times
By way of executive orders, the administration has taken aim at not only DEI initiatives, but Black history taught in classrooms across the country and at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
From Salon
Across the board on every other issue, from tariffs to the assault on DEI to the reckless cutting of government agencies and odious foreign policy, a majority rejects his actions.
From Salon
from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025e). In Dictionary.com.
April 29, 2025
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