monoculture

noun

mono·​cul·​ture ˈmä-nə-ˌkəl-chər 

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

ˌmä-nə-ˈkəlch-rəl 

-ˈkəl-chə-

adjective

Examples of monoculture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s really no escaping this last relic of U.S. monoculture. —Samantha Allen, Them, 30 Jan. 2025

The World Wide Web blasted the monoculture to smithereens. —Michael Ashley, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025

There are many unpleasant things to not miss about the monoculture of our increasingly distant past — but coalescing around a unified interest, and the feeling of togetherness arising from that act, is not one of them. —Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024

But in an era when monoculture is effectively dead, the need for diverse conversations has never been greater. —Paula Conway, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1a