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monolithic

[ mon-uh-lith-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a monolith.
  2. made of only one stone:

    a monolithic column.

  3. consisting of one piece; solid or unbroken:

    a boat with a monolithic hull.

  4. constructed of monoliths or huge blocks of stone:

    the monolithic monuments of the New Stone Age.

  5. characterized by massiveness, total uniformity, rigidity, invulnerability, etc.:

    a monolithic society.

  6. Electronics. of or relating to an integrated circuit formed in a single chip.


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Other Word Forms

  • Dzo·ٳi·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monolithic1

First recorded in 1815–25; mono- + -lithic
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I saw more YA books that were fun adventures rather than desperate battles against a monolithic evil.

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I finished the piece with the impression that the author’s concept of her imagined community of Americans was too monolithic, too broad and too assuming.

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Using this kind of interoperability, Mr Prodromou hopes that services like Social Web Foundation will provide the same value as giant, monolithic platforms.

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She also said the Democratic-led Latino Caucus would support “antiquated solutions” to issues such as farmworker rights that “keep Latinos under the monolithic umbrella of being poor, agricultural workers.”

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To assume that trans women and men are monolithic in their views, or incapable of holding bigoted beliefs, is absurd.

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