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

While those are two more aspects of the monoculture that are never coming back, the fall scatter market remains as eternal as the Power-T offense. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Sports are in the midst of a global makeover from narrow manifestations of tribal interest to mainstays of the monoculture. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026

The 70s were also the last golden age of an American monoculture, when most of us experienced the same programs, movies, and records at the same time. — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026

Parton endeared herself to the red and the blue, the heartland and the coasts, even as the monoculture splintered and political polarization turned friends into strangers. — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

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