Monolithic
adjective
Something very large and unchangeable.
The monolithic company has been dominating the industry for years.
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Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Made out of a single large block of stone.
The monolithic statue was carved from a single piece of granite.
adjective
Unified and powerful, often in a negative way because everything is the same and no variety is allowed.
The monolithic society left no room for individuality.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
A system or software which is designed as one single unit rather than numerous smaller parts.
Monolithic applications will often fail if any of its parts has a problem.
adjective
Something very large and unchangeable.
The monolithic company has been dominating the industry for years.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Made out of a single large block of stone.
The monolithic statue was carved from a single piece of granite.
adjective
Unified and powerful, often in a negative way because everything is the same and no variety is allowed.
The monolithic society left no room for individuality.
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
A system or software which is designed as one single unit rather than numerous smaller parts.
Monolithic applications will often fail if any of its parts has a problem.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Unchanging Dominance
Use 'monolithic' to describe entities that seem too big or established to be influenced or changed.
The monolithic government resisted reforms.
Pro Tip 2/2Power Perception
'Monolithic' often implies that the entity has a powerful presence or control in a field.
His monolithic presence was felt in every board meeting.
Pro Tip 1/2Unchanging Dominance
Use 'monolithic' to describe entities that seem too big or established to be influenced or changed.
The monolithic government resisted reforms.
Pro Tip 2/2Power Perception
'Monolithic' often implies that the entity has a powerful presence or control in a field.
His monolithic presence was felt in every board meeting.
Pro Tip 1/2Unchanging Dominance
Use 'monolithic' to describe entities that seem too big or established to be influenced or changed.
The monolithic government resisted reforms.
Pro Tip 2/2Power Perception
'Monolithic' often implies that the entity has a powerful presence or control in a field.
His monolithic presence was felt in every board meeting.
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Insightful human...
spent a lot of time thinking about language and making sure that his boss portrayed a rhetoric of honesty. This project is shown as a series of monolithic sculptures. It's an outdoor series of light boxes. And it's important to note that they're to scale, so if you stand 20 feet back and you can read between those two black lines,
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as we're building increasingly autonomous, say, cars, right? How are different people going to grapple with that loss of control? It's going to be different depending on human dimensions. We can't treat humans as if we're just one monolithic thing. We vary by personality, by culture,
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What happens when you...
he managed to remember it for fifteen minutes by repeating it to himself constantly. But only five minutes later, he forgot the test had even taken place. Neuroscientists had though of memory as monolithic, all of it essentially the same and stored throughout the brain.
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Niall Ferguson: The 6...
where there was one monolithic state covering a fifth of humanity, and anyone with any ambition had to pass one standardized examination, which took three days and was very difficult and involved memorizing vast numbers of characters
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How the Afghan youth are...
this slice of culture led by a courageous group of young people is not a monolithic fraction but signals hope one thing that many of these young men and women pointed out to me is that their generation seems to have found its
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Sasha Sarago: The...
was never defined against a Eurocentric ideal of beauty. You see, in my culture, our beauty is not monolithic. It's not measured by a thin waistline, porcelain skin or slender hips. It runs much deeper than that.
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David Rockwell: Building...
in New York to do artist housing. And find other ways to encourage the discussion to be against sort of monolithic, single solutions, and more about a multiplicity of things.
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The Curious Life of a...
It's the rocker-bogie suspension system that we've used on all of the vehicles that we've had on the surface. But this one serves a different purpose. It actually is our landing gear. So, the wheels that look like they are one monolithic structure of aluminum, they are not. They are about seven sheets of paper of aluminum on the outside shell. But in the middle it's titanium
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Rock-Climbing China: A...
shoots do that that archway so that to climb all the way from the bottom of the arch at the top is probably like seven eight hundred feet its massive it's a huge monolithic arch probably one of the top largest arches in the world we started to just kind of cruise around and check it out and I noticed that there was a lot of a construction going
Video examples
Insightful human...
spent a lot of time thinking about language and making sure that his boss portrayed a rhetoric of honesty. This project is shown as a series of monolithic sculptures. It's an outdoor series of light boxes. And it's important to note that they're to scale, so if you stand 20 feet back and you can read between those two black lines,
Video examples
What's it like to be a...
as we're building increasingly autonomous, say, cars, right? How are different people going to grapple with that loss of control? It's going to be different depending on human dimensions. We can't treat humans as if we're just one monolithic thing. We vary by personality, by culture,
Video examples
Anil Ananthaswamy: What...
what this dark energy that the universe is made of is all about. And one piece of engineering that I want to leave you with as regards this telescope is the mirror. Each mirror, there are four of them, is made of a single piece of glass, a monolithic piece of high-tech ceramic,
Video examples
What happens when you...
he managed to remember it for fifteen minutes by repeating it to himself constantly. But only five minutes later, he forgot the test had even taken place. Neuroscientists had though of memory as monolithic, all of it essentially the same and stored throughout the brain.
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Niall Ferguson: The 6...
where there was one monolithic state covering a fifth of humanity, and anyone with any ambition had to pass one standardized examination, which took three days and was very difficult and involved memorizing vast numbers of characters
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How the Afghan youth are...
this slice of culture led by a courageous group of young people is not a monolithic fraction but signals hope one thing that many of these young men and women pointed out to me is that their generation seems to have found its
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Sasha Sarago: The...
was never defined against a Eurocentric ideal of beauty. You see, in my culture, our beauty is not monolithic. It's not measured by a thin waistline, porcelain skin or slender hips. It runs much deeper than that.
Video examples
David Rockwell: Building...
in New York to do artist housing. And find other ways to encourage the discussion to be against sort of monolithic, single solutions, and more about a multiplicity of things.
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American Actress
We as black people are not a monolithic bunch. We are not all the same, and neither are women. Instead, we are all individuals who have these extraordinary stories to tell and share with each other that will enrich all of our lives and help us all become more ourselves and better people.
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Angela Rye
American Activist
I am so proud to be black. I am, nevertheless, tired of the oppression. We need to develop and support a cohesive black agenda. We need to do what leaders have suggested since slavery. We need to recognize that while we are not monolithic, there is power in embracing a common agenda.
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Erin O'Toole
Canadian Politician
As I have said several times, Veterans are not a monolithic group that has the same needs and desires. They want to be fulfilled, support their family and have options after their years in uniform. A job in government should not be the only option.
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Kenya Barris
American Producer
I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for us to see that we are not a monolithic people.
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Seth Gordon
American Director
There's no longer a monolithic evil empire somewhere, spreading a different philosophy of life. That doesn't exist.
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Orlando Jones
American Comedian
I'm tired of cookie-cutter monolithic representation of black folks.
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Joy Bryant
American Actress
Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?
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Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
Having a monolithic view of feminism is suffocating.
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Mark Walport
British Scientist
I've never been a proponent of something monolithic.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
The PQ is diverse and vast. It's not monolithic.
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Tracee Ellis Ross
American Actress
We as black people are not a monolithic bunch. We are not all the same, and neither are women. Instead, we are all individuals who have these extraordinary stories to tell and share with each other that will enrich all of our lives and help us all become more ourselves and better people.
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Angela Rye
American Activist
I am so proud to be black. I am, nevertheless, tired of the oppression. We need to develop and support a cohesive black agenda. We need to do what leaders have suggested since slavery. We need to recognize that while we are not monolithic, there is power in embracing a common agenda.
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Erin O'Toole
Canadian Politician
As I have said several times, Veterans are not a monolithic group that has the same needs and desires. They want to be fulfilled, support their family and have options after their years in uniform. A job in government should not be the only option.
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Kenya Barris
American Producer
I'm not for having to support everything that's black, because I definitely don't. But I do feel like it is imperative for us to see that we are not a monolithic people.
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Seth Gordon
American Director
There's no longer a monolithic evil empire somewhere, spreading a different philosophy of life. That doesn't exist.
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Orlando Jones
American Comedian
I'm tired of cookie-cutter monolithic representation of black folks.
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Joy Bryant
American Actress
Black people, we are not this monolithic group, you know?
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Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
American Activist
Having a monolithic view of feminism is suffocating.
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Mark Walport
British Scientist
I've never been a proponent of something monolithic.
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Marine Le Pen
French Politician
The PQ is diverse and vast. It's not monolithic.
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