/ ˌhetərəˈdʒiːniəs; NAmE / adjective
( formal ) consisting of many different kinds of people or things :
the heterogeneous population of the United States
OPP homogeneous
► het·ero·gen·eity / -dʒəˈniːəti; NAmE / noun [ U ]
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin heterogeneus , from Greek heterogenēs , from heteros other + genos a kind.