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countable and uncountable, plural monocultures
(agriculture) The cultivation of a single crop at a time. quotations examples
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.
2023 September 30, Martha Gill, “When Taylor Swift reaps country-sized riches, other artists are squeezed out”, in The Observer
(anthropology) A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism. quotations
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.
2023 September 27, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones”, in The Atlantic
third-person singular simple present monocultures, present participle monoculturing, simple past and past participle monocultured
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