Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being multifarious; multiplied diversity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Multiplied diversity.
- noun (Law) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The characteristic of being
multifarious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun noticeable heterogeneity
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Examples
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Your book is refreshing because you deal with the multifariousness of ordinary, backbreaking work in all its gory reality, without the filtering prism of the upper or middle classes.
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Your book is refreshing because you deal with the multifariousness of ordinary, backbreaking work in all its gory reality, without the filtering prism of the upper or middle classes.
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Of course, Boswell's biography is the greater for being the original one and the one uniquely suited to its subject's almost baroque multifariousness, but prejudice against Mrs. Thrale certainly steered Boswell away from any accurate examination of her relationship with Johnson.
The Powers of Dr. Johnson O'Hagan, Andrew 2009
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Given the multifariousness of mental states, it is quite likely that the correct position will be some kind of combination of these positions.
Physicalism Stoljar, Daniel 2009
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And say if you enjoy its multifariousness as much as I do the silent spaces of the desert where most of my days are spent.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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And say if you enjoy its multifariousness as much as I do the silent spaces of the desert where most of my days are spent.
The Five of Hearts Patricia O'Toole 2008
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At least, that it is would follow from conjoining two features of the human moral situation briefly argued for above: the multifariousness of moral considerations that arise in particular cases and the need and possibility for employing moral principles in sound moral reasoning.
Moral Reasoning Richardson, Henry S. 2007
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Here in our country town, our population is high 80something% Caucasian, and, with a significant Native American population, that leaves very little percentages for "multifariousness."
The thin Saturday paper M-mv 2004
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Here in our country town, our population is high 80something% Caucasian, and, with a significant Native American population, that leaves very little percentages for "multifariousness."
Archive 2004-11-01 M-mv 2004
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The world in its multifariousness offers ample evidence for any hypothesis.
Inner Guide 2006
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