diversification

See also: divèrsificâtion

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). By surface analysis, diverse +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /dɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /daɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
    • Audio (Texas); [daɪˌvɝsɪ̈fɪ̈ˈkeɪʃən]:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

diversification (countable and uncountable, plural diversifications)

  1. The act, or the result, of diversifying.
    • 2024 August 14, Vittoria Elliott, “Gamergate’s Aggrieved Men Still Haunt the Internet”, in Wired‎[1], San Francisco, Calif.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 September 2026:
      In 2024, the campaigns are against video game consulting companies such as Sweet Baby for performing what some gamers believe is “forced diversification.”
  2. A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
  3. (finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.
    Coordinate terms: hedge, hedging

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin diversificātiōnem, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Noun

diversification f (plural diversifications)

  1. diversification

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