monoculture
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- noun
- /ˈmɒnəˌkʌltʃər/
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monocultura
- The tech industry has become a monoculture, where a few dominant platforms overshadow smaller competitors and limit innovation.
I don't have, you know, I don't have what you'd consider a monoculture.
- I don't have, you know, I don't have what you'd consider a monoculture.
- Now I also happen to dislike monocultures.
- So I think that there's this crazy thing going on where there's the breakdown of monoculture.
- But basically it's this ethos that says there there is a kind of elite monoculture out there.
- This idea of monoculture of people all knowing the same music, when Losing My Religion came out, everyone knew that song.
- But in philanthropy and in social enterprise and in impact investing monoculture shouldn't be.
Examples
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The effect of so-called multiculturalism is to reinforce what I mean by the monoculture.
Academic text (1998) -
For these cultures have much to contribute to the university precisely as alternatives to the monoculture.
Academic text (1998) -
I think the better question is, will there ever be a monoculture again?
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The Ed schools really are pretty much a monoculture at this point.
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There is a monoculture of poorly paying jobs and no movement towards a green economy or technological innovation.
Academic text (2011) -
Like monoculture in the realm of farming, monoculture in international exchanges could go from boom to bust in a very short span.
Academic text (1997) -
Its reemergence also heightens concern over the risks of monoculture.
Academic text (1995) -
To the extent that what now reigns in the university is the monoculture, our task is not to repel diversity but to introduce it.
Academic text (1998) -
New courses on non-Western cultures would provide new opportunities for achieving analytical distance from the monoculture.
Academic text (1998) -
The diverse cultures to which the monoculture pays lip service were vibrant once and may be vibrant still—outside the university.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
A main way of life that affects smaller groups in a society
A belief that stays the same and does not accept other views
Antonyms
How Diverse
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Monoculture comes from mono- meaning 'one' and culture meaning 'shared ideas' or 'ways of life', like in 'pop culture'. So a cultural or technological monoculture is when one style or system takes over, which explains why it lowers diversity and can be risky.