Monolith
noun
A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.
The Washington Monument is a famous monolith located in Washington D.C.
Often appears as...
- stone monolith
- ancient monolith
noun
A large and powerful organization that acts as a single unit.
The company, with its capital and influence, became a monolith in the tech industry.
Often appears as...
- corporate monolith
- governmental monolith
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Disapproving
noun
A large building which is built of solid, heavy materials or made to look solid.
The monolith structure stood tall amidst the city's skyscrapers.
Often appears as...
- concrete monolith
- glass monolith
noun
In computing, a software system where all of its components are interconnected or interwoven, not allowing any individual component to function independently.
The system was designed as a monolith, making it difficult to update just one part without affecting the whole.
Often appears as...
- software monolith
- monolith architecture
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noun
A large single upright block of stone, especially one shaped into or serving as a pillar or monument.
The Washington Monument is a famous monolith located in Washington D.C.
Often appears as...
- stone monolith
- ancient monolith
noun
A large and powerful organization that acts as a single unit.
The company, with its capital and influence, became a monolith in the tech industry.
Often appears as...
- corporate monolith
- governmental monolith
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A large building which is built of solid, heavy materials or made to look solid.
The monolith structure stood tall amidst the city's skyscrapers.
Often appears as...
- concrete monolith
- glass monolith
noun
In computing, a software system where all of its components are interconnected or interwoven, not allowing any individual component to function independently.
The system was designed as a monolith, making it difficult to update just one part without affecting the whole.
Often appears as...
- software monolith
- monolith architecture
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Monuments
Refers to physical structures with historical, cultural, or symbolic significance.
Tourists flocked to see the ancient monolith carved with runes.
Pro Tip 2/2Immovable Impression
Can imply something unchanging and permanent.
His determination was a monolith that nothing could shake.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Monuments
Refers to physical structures with historical, cultural, or symbolic significance.
Tourists flocked to see the ancient monolith carved with runes.
Pro Tip 2/2Immovable Impression
Can imply something unchanging and permanent.
His determination was a monolith that nothing could shake.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Monuments
Refers to physical structures with historical, cultural, or symbolic significance.
Tourists flocked to see the ancient monolith carved with runes.
Pro Tip 2/2Immovable Impression
Can imply something unchanging and permanent.
His determination was a monolith that nothing could shake.
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Why we make bad...
Now, you have exactly the same problem when you shop for a stereo. You go to the stereo store, you see two sets of speakers -- these big, boxy, monoliths, and these little, sleek speakers, and you play them, and you go, you know, I do hear a the big ones sound a little better. And so you buy them, and you bring them home,
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The story we tell about...
Now when we talk about millennials, a group that is often labeled as entitled, lazy, overeducated, noncommittal and narcissistic, the conversations often swirl around avocado toast, overpriced lattes and fancy jobs abroad -- you probably have heard all these things before. But millennials are not a monolith.
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Will Wright: Spore,...
And all my favorite science fiction movies I want to play out here as different dynamics. This planet actually has some life on it. Here it is, some indigenous life down here. One of the tools I can eventually earn for my UFO is a monolith that I can drop down. Now, as you can see,
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Rare 1920s Footage:...
history and culture is not a monolith and in a way it became kind of like a marketing tool to encourage individuals to migrate to move there that this is a place where you can live you can thrive and peacefully reside there were still palpable racial tensions there are
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Bassam Tariq: The beauty...
Crowds of men with beards and skullcaps were swarming the streets. It was an FBI agent's wet dream. But being a part of this community, we knew how welcoming this space was. For years, I'd seen photos of this space being documented as a lifeless and cold monolith,
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Can you solve the alien...
has scientists across the world racing to unlock its mysteries. Your engineering team has developed an elegant probe to study it. The probe is a collection of 27 cube modules capable of running all the scientific tests necessary to analyze the monolith.
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Bryan Smith: Adrenaline...
monolith that kind of stands on its own in British Columbia and the idea was that the guys would free climb the mountain and Dean would jump off the top and the idea was that we would film them doing this and so we're basically moving
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End of Easter Island PIPE...
more than 80 tons these monoliths were moved from the quarry up to six miles across uneven terrain without the benefit of large animals or the wheel it is believed that trees could have
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Yosemite National Park PIPE...
monolith of granite in the world yosemite 'he's great granite peaks were once the fiery heart of an immense volcano 100 million years ago massive bubbles of magma rose into a huge
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Could You Be A Sumo...
well in yawns - monolith dividend on something supernal tomorrow apples no parole chicken animated a man
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Why we make bad...
Now, you have exactly the same problem when you shop for a stereo. You go to the stereo store, you see two sets of speakers -- these big, boxy, monoliths, and these little, sleek speakers, and you play them, and you go, you know, I do hear a the big ones sound a little better. And so you buy them, and you bring them home,
Video examples
The story we tell about...
Now when we talk about millennials, a group that is often labeled as entitled, lazy, overeducated, noncommittal and narcissistic, the conversations often swirl around avocado toast, overpriced lattes and fancy jobs abroad -- you probably have heard all these things before. But millennials are not a monolith.
Video examples
Will Wright: Spore,...
And all my favorite science fiction movies I want to play out here as different dynamics. This planet actually has some life on it. Here it is, some indigenous life down here. One of the tools I can eventually earn for my UFO is a monolith that I can drop down. Now, as you can see,
Video examples
Rare 1920s Footage:...
history and culture is not a monolith and in a way it became kind of like a marketing tool to encourage individuals to migrate to move there that this is a place where you can live you can thrive and peacefully reside there were still palpable racial tensions there are
Video examples
Bassam Tariq: The beauty...
Crowds of men with beards and skullcaps were swarming the streets. It was an FBI agent's wet dream. But being a part of this community, we knew how welcoming this space was. For years, I'd seen photos of this space being documented as a lifeless and cold monolith,
Video examples
Can you solve the alien...
has scientists across the world racing to unlock its mysteries. Your engineering team has developed an elegant probe to study it. The probe is a collection of 27 cube modules capable of running all the scientific tests necessary to analyze the monolith.
Video examples
Bryan Smith: Adrenaline...
monolith that kind of stands on its own in British Columbia and the idea was that the guys would free climb the mountain and Dean would jump off the top and the idea was that we would film them doing this and so we're basically moving
Video examples
End of Easter Island PIPE...
more than 80 tons these monoliths were moved from the quarry up to six miles across uneven terrain without the benefit of large animals or the wheel it is believed that trees could have
Video examples
Yosemite National Park PIPE...
monolith of granite in the world yosemite 'he's great granite peaks were once the fiery heart of an immense volcano 100 million years ago massive bubbles of magma rose into a huge
Video examples
Could You Be A Sumo...
well in yawns - monolith dividend on something supernal tomorrow apples no parole chicken animated a man
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Richard Greenberg
American Playwright
It seems that the hurdle you have to jump over is everyone's informed opinion. When you're a young playwright, you're probably too precarious in your own technique to understand that when these seemingly informed opinions are contradicting each other, it becomes this paralyzing monolith.
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JPEGMAFIA
American Musician
Black people are not a monolith. Black people have different thoughts. And sometimes people just need to hear the harsh truth - even myself. But you can't manufacture a hard truth and place it on somebody. When Kanye says slavery was a choice, that's not a harsh truth.
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Dee Rees
American Director
We have to create a range, and we have to let there be possibilities. And basically, by showing there are different types of people, you write down the monolith. You stop having to represent for all black people when you allow there to be different types represented.
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Daniel Suarez
American Author
We need to build change in to our systems and let these systems evolve as circumstances change. Change is inevitable, but we need to do a better job of dealing with it, because when we start building huge gleaming monoliths, I think we start getting into trouble.
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Adam Rapp
American Novelist
When you're making under-million-dollar films, it becomes so much about actors' availability. When you're using big actors for small films, you're in second or third position to the big monoliths.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.
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Nina Easton
American Journalist
I think the danger with the liberal Left is seeing the Republican Party as a monolith.
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Jesse Williams
American Actor
Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.
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Jim Webb
American Politician
Contrary to assumptions in the law, white America is hardly a monolith.
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Janet Mock
American Writer
Trans people are not a monolith.
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Richard Greenberg
American Playwright
It seems that the hurdle you have to jump over is everyone's informed opinion. When you're a young playwright, you're probably too precarious in your own technique to understand that when these seemingly informed opinions are contradicting each other, it becomes this paralyzing monolith.
Quote examples
JPEGMAFIA
American Musician
Black people are not a monolith. Black people have different thoughts. And sometimes people just need to hear the harsh truth - even myself. But you can't manufacture a hard truth and place it on somebody. When Kanye says slavery was a choice, that's not a harsh truth.
Quote examples
Dee Rees
American Director
We have to create a range, and we have to let there be possibilities. And basically, by showing there are different types of people, you write down the monolith. You stop having to represent for all black people when you allow there to be different types represented.
Quote examples
Daniel Suarez
American Author
We need to build change in to our systems and let these systems evolve as circumstances change. Change is inevitable, but we need to do a better job of dealing with it, because when we start building huge gleaming monoliths, I think we start getting into trouble.
Quote examples
Adam Rapp
American Novelist
When you're making under-million-dollar films, it becomes so much about actors' availability. When you're using big actors for small films, you're in second or third position to the big monoliths.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
It's not enough even to have one black Barbie... because black women are not a monolith.
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Nina Easton
American Journalist
I think the danger with the liberal Left is seeing the Republican Party as a monolith.
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Jesse Williams
American Actor
Blackness is not a monolith. We are not homogenous people; we are not all the same.
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Jim Webb
American Politician
Contrary to assumptions in the law, white America is hardly a monolith.
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Janet Mock
American Writer
Trans people are not a monolith.
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