Sharing a mutual diversity vocabulary
Know exactly what it is you’re saying when talking about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
When it comes to diversity, equity, and inclusion, many new words have emerged. And not everyone is up to speed with the meaning of those words.
We have included an extensive vocabulary to ensure you understand every word in every conversation around this topic.
Also, on this website, definitions will pop up whenever you come across a word from our vocabulary.
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- Able-bodied
- Addiction
- Adjustment disorder
- Advocate
- Affirmative action
- Ageism
- Alaska Native or Native American Indian or Native Indian American
- Allistic
- Ally
- Androgynous
- Anorexia
- Anosognosia
- Anti-racist
- Antisemitism
- Asexual
- Assigned or Assumed Sex
- Assimilation
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD-ADHD)Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADD-ADHD)
- Autism
- Belonging
- Benevolent Sexism
- Bias
- Bicultural
- Bigotry
- Biphobia
- BIPOC or Black, Indigenous, People of Color
- Bisexual
- Black Lives Matter (BLM)
- Boundaries
- Caregiver
- Change Agents
- Cisgender
- Code-Switching
- Cognition
- Cognitive Bias
- Coming Out of the Closet
- Coping Mechanisms
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Cross-Cultural
- Cross Dressing
- Cultural Competence
- Cultural Conditioning
- Cultural Diversity
- Culture
- Demisexual
- Disability Owned Business Enterprise (DOBE)
- Discrimination
- Displaced
- Diverse Supplier
- Diversity
- Diversity Disconnect
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
- Dyslexia
- Employee Resource Group (ERG)
- Equal Employment Opportunity
- Equality
- Equity
- Ethnic
- Ethnicity
- Feminism
- Frames of Reference
- Gaslighting
- Gay
- Gender
- Gender Dysphoria
- Gender-Expansive
- Gender Expression
- Gender Fluid
- Gender Identity
- Gender-Neutral
- Gender Nonconforming, or G.N.C.
- Gender Role
- Gender Transition
- Genderqueer
- Glass Ceiling
- Go Back To Where You Came From
- Graysexual
- Hair Discrimination
- Harassment (Ethnic and Racial)
- Harassment (Malicious)
- Heteronormative
- Heterosexism
- Heterosexual/Straight
- Homophobia
- Hostile Sexism
- Immigrant
- In The Closet (Closeted)
- Inclusion
- Inclusiveness
- Institutional Racism
- Internalized Oppression
- Internalized Sexism
- Intersectionality
- Intersex
- Islamophobia
- Lesbian
- LGBTQIA+
- M.A.A.B./F.A.A.B./U.A.A.B.
- Majority Group
- Male Gaze
- Managing Diversity
- Mansplain (verb) Mansplainy (adjective)
- Mental Health
- Micro-inequities
- Microaggression
- Misandry
- Misgendering
- Misogynoir
- Misogyny
- Multicultural
- Neurodiversity
- Neurotypical
- Non-Binary
- Non-LGBTQIA+
- Organizational assessment
- Organizational Culture
- Out Employee
- Outing
- Pansexual
- Patriarchy
- Persons of Color
- Physical Abilities
- Pinkwashing
- Prejudice
- Privilege
- Psychological safety
- Queer
- Questioning
- Race
- Racial Consciousness
- Racism
- Same-Gender Loving
- Sex
- Sex characteristics
- Sexism
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexual Minority
- Sexual Orientation
- Sexual Preference
- Sexual Reassignment Surgery (SRS)
- Stereotypes
- Straight/Heterosexual
- Systemic racism
- TERF
- Trans Man
- Trans or Trans+
- Trans Woman
- Transgender
- Transition
- Transmisogyny
- Transphobia
- Trigger
- Trigger Warning
- Unconscious Bias
- Understanding Differences
- Values
- Victim-Blaming
- White Fragility
- White Nationalism
- White Privilege
- White Supremacy
- Woke
Sources:
- The language of inclusion (4th edition) by James Wright (https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:5bca9334-c6c4-4376-bcaf-8cdc896fb5e1#pageNum=1)
- Woordenlijst by Cavaria (https://www.cavaria.be/woordenlijst)
- Catalyst. (2022). Employee Resource Groups. https://www.catalyst.org/topics/ergs/
- Conrad, M. (2022). What Is Gaslighting? Meaning, Examples And Support. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/what-is-gaslighting/
- Reid, N. (2021). The Good Ally. HQ by HarperCollinsPublishers