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Definitions

Noun

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

Example

More examples

"There has never been monoculturalism without oppression."

Etymology

From monocultural + -ism.

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