Meaning

(agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time..

Definitions by Sense

1. (agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time.
2. (anthropology) A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism.
3. To cultivate such a crop

Example Sentences

Monocultures are bad for the environment; as we forced golden, waving wheat to take over the planet, other species faltered and failed, rather than rising on their merits.

As we Irish discovered in the great famine of 1845-49, monocultures are generally not a good idea and we abandon biodiversity at our peril. Farrell and Berjon make the same point about our online world: the internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture.

It also isn’t going to be broadcast on TV networks that yearn to re-create the previous century’s monoculture. Our attention spans and tastes keep fracturing, and the ratings for late-night comedy keep declining.

We must end the collusive relationship between government, Big Tech, Big Finance and corporate media that creates an ideological monoculture eager to punish people for their beliefs.

No one knew it at the time, but 2014 — more precisely, Ellen DeGeneres' star-studded selfie moment — marked the peak of a monoculture that no longer exists. The numbers show a long decay ever since.

Word Forms

• monocultures
• monoculturing
• monocultured

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Use monoculture when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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