monoculturalism

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noun

The practice of maintaining, in a society, a single culture, suppressing the (sub)cultures of e.g. minority groups and excluding external influences.

OriginEnglish monocultural ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French culture →
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Meanings

nounmonoculturalism (countable and uncountable, plural monoculturalisms)

plural monoculturalisms

  1. countableuncountableThe practice of maintaining, in a society, a single culture, suppressing the (sub)cultures of e.g. minority groups and excluding external influences.
  2. countableuncountableThe creation of a monoculture in agriculture.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*mónwos
  3. Ancient Greekμόνος (mónos)
  4. Ancient Greekμονο- (mono-)
  5. Englishmono-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  8. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  9. Latincolō
  10. Latincultūra
  11. Middle Frenchculture
  12. Englishculture
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishmonocultural
  16. Englishmonoculturalism

From monocultural + -ism.

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APA

monoculturalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoculturalism

MLA

“monoculturalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoculturalism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monoculturalism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monoculturalism.

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