Meaning & use
homogeneity
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The quality of being uniform or the same throughout, without significant variation.
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The committee was criticized for the homogeneity of its members, who all shared similar backgrounds.
Scientists tested the homogeneity of the mixture before running the experiment.
A note on using this word
Common in both social contexts (lack of diversity) and scientific ones (consistency of a substance or sample).
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