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

Jimmy Fallon had Sadie Sink, cementing The Tonight Show’s place as the center of what monoculture is left to be had. —Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026

The erosion of the monoculture must make a task like this even more difficult. —Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026

The result is a bridal monoculture where everything feels faintly interchangeable. —Malaika Crawford, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025

This was the early seventies, the peak of the United States’s monoculture; at its height, the show was watched by nearly a third of all Americans. —Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for monoculture

• agriculture
• apiculture
• aquaculture
• counterculture
• floriculture
• horticulture
• mariculture
• sericulture
• silviculture
• viticulture
• arboriculture
• culture