forbidden word: diverse community

diverse adj. 1 My sister and I have diverse ideas on how to raise children: different, differing, dissimilar, disparate, contrqdictory, conflicting, opposite. 2 She has diverse interests: varied, of many kinds, sundry, far-flung.
Ant. identical, same.

from – Family Word Finder: Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Association, 1975.

diverse adj. 1 of a different kind, form, character, etc.; unlike: a wide range of diverse opinions. 2 of various kinds or forms; multiform. 3 including representatives from more than one social, cultural, or economic group, especially members of ethnic or religious minority groups: a diverse student body.

Origin of diverse¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Latin dīversus (past participle of dīvertere “to divert ”), equivalent to dī- di- ² + vert- (base of vertere “to turn”) + -tus, past participle suffix, with -tt- regularly becoming -s-

from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025g). In Dictionary.com.

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community

A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighborhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to people’s identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, TV network, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, “community” may also refer to large-group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities.

In terms of sociological categories, a community can seem like a sub-set of a social collectivity. In developmental views, a community can emerge out of a collectivity.

The English-language word “community” derives from the Old French comuneté (Modern French: communauté), which comes from the Latin communitas “community”, “public spirit” (from Latin communis, “common”).

Human communities may have intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, and risks in common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.

from — Wikipedia contributors. (2025g, April 22). Community – Wikipedia.

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sentence examples: diverse community

House heads, as the genre’s aficionados are known, are arguably the most diverse community gathered around a current musical genre.
Christianity Today

We are indeed a diverse community with a spectrum of opinion on almost all matters — and the richer for so being.
Times, Sunday Times

By embracing diverse community, we learn to unite with one another and grow together in light of our differences.
Christianity Today

By embracing diverse community, we learn to forgive one another.
Christianity Today

The gradual drift out of a diverse community and into an isolated position at a desk will eventually have an impact on the heart.
Times, Sunday Times

from — collinsdictionary.com

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May 15, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

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