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
James Gorman2
: a culture dominated by a single element : a prevailing culture marked by homogeneity
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In its place is a monoculture of ever-stronger products, optimized not for experience but for numbers.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
This might beg the question of the benefit of interplanting if crops don’t provide their maximum yield, but comparing the nutritional yield of polyculture versus monoculture parcels of land demonstrated that interplanting yielded greater nutritional value per hectare despite the lower crop yields.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
In what remains one of the last shows of force from the dwindling American monoculture, the Super Bowl Halftime Show still manages to feel like a national ritual.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2025
This might beg the question of the benefit of interplanting if crops don’t provide their maximum yield, but comparing the nutritional yield of polyculture versus monoculture parcels of land demonstrated that interplanting yielded greater nutritional value per hectare despite the lower crop yields.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
In what remains one of the last shows of force from the dwindling American monoculture, the Super Bowl Halftime Show still manages to feel like a national ritual.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoculture. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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