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monograph

monograph

7 9.3
A long, detailed written study about one subject, often by one author
  • noun
  • /ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑf/
  • Specialized
translation icon : monografía
  • The professor published a monograph exploring the effects of climate change on coral reefs.
  • monograph published
  • research monograph
  • Ecological Monographs

The way art history is controlled is through solo publications, monographs.

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Examples

  • The widespread use of web analytics in libraries prompted the publication of Marek's monograph on the subject.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The discipline demands extensive use of monographs, and it is important to know how these scholars read text.

    Academic text (2015)
  • In college, I started a monograph on Carthage.

  • Geoffrey gave me your monograph and I was reading up in the desert.

  • Geoffrey gave me your monograph when I was reading up on the desert.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Their work culminated in a monograph, The Masses of the Stars, which was published in 1940.

    Academic text (1990)
  • I have read several of his monographs in the Nuova Antologia.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Significantly, Roediger's work has stimulated a series of monographs on the question.

    Academic text (1999)
  • On the lower end, the University of Iowa's collection consists of 75,000 monographs.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Hurlbert, S.H. 1984. Pseudoreplication and the design of ecological experiments. Ecological Monographs 54: 187-211.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

dissertation
vsmonograph
47 7.7

A long piece of writing for a university degree that shows the writer's research and results

serves as a focused scholarly study not tied to degree submission
treatise
vsmonograph
  • Formal
19 8.4

A long, detailed written work that explains a subject

focuses on one specialized topic often by a single author

How Detailed

tome
  • Formal
22 8.4
monograph
  • Specialized
7 9.3
book
1.0
article
  • Literature
1.0
essay
481 2.8
note
1.0

Surface Forms

monograph singular
monographs plural

Morphology

monograph = mono + graph

The elements mono- and graph are recognizable, but the specialized meaning of a detailed treatise on a single subject is not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

The word monograph comes from the Greek parts mono- 'one' and -graph 'to write', like in autograph or photograph. So a monograph is a single, detailed written study about one subject, often by one author.