| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A collection of various things: assortment, conglomeration, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, jumble, medley, mélange, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, olio, patchwork, potpourri, salmagundi. Slang : grab bag. See COLLECT. 2. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind2, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, stripe, type. Informal : persuasion. See GROUP. 3. One that is slightly different from others of the same kind or designation: variant, variation, version. See SAME. 4. The quality of being made of many different elements, forms, kinds, or individuals: diverseness, diversification, diversity, heterogeneity, heterogeneousness, miscellaneousness, multifariousness, multiformity, multiplicity, variegation, variousness. Biology : polymorphism. See SAME.
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