English

Noun

monoculture ‎(plural monocultures)

1. the cultivation of a single crop at a time
2. a culture that lacks diversity

Derived terms

• monocultural
• monoculturalism

Translations

French

Etymology

mono- +‎ -culture

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): / mo.no.kyl.tyʁ /

Noun

monoculture f ‎(plural monocultures)

1. monoculture
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., Plon, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. VII, p. 67

     L'humanité s'installe dans la monoculture ; elle s'apprête à produire la civilisation en masse, comme la betterave.

     — Mankind has opted for monoculture; it is in the process of creating a mass civilization, as beetroot is grown in the mass. 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), Tristes Tropiques, 2011 ed., Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8, chap. VII

Italian

Noun

monoculture f

1. plural of monocultura