monoculture

noun

mono·​cul·​ture ˈmä-nə-ˌkəl-chər How to pronounce monoculture (audio)
1
a
: the cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land
b
: a crop or a population of a single kind of organism grown on land in monoculture
c
: growth consisting of a single crop, plant, or organism
The plant forms a thick monoculture that cuts down on the variety of plants and birdlife in the marsh …James Gorman
2
: a culture dominated by a single element : a prevailing culture marked by homogeneity
monocultural adjective

Examples of monoculture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Amid a year already filled with blockbuster releases from superstars such as Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Billie Eilish, sometimes the more innovative and left-of-center albums get pushed to the margins of our monoculture. Spin Staff, SPIN, 3 June 2024 Even under favorable conditions, however, monocultures are never environmentally sustainable. Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024 The goal here was that all the characters who mingle in Marvel Comics and whom fans love seeing together on the page could unite onscreen in the equivalent of a big-tent party, the superhero monoculture swelling ever larger and absorbing every entity in its path. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 20 May 2024 Scientific monocultures, too, are vulnerable to risks such as errors propagating throughout the whole system. Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for monoculture 

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Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of monoculture was in 1901

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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoculture. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.

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