Monotonist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.

    "If I ruin such a virtue, sayest thou!—Eternal monotonist!—Again; the most immaculate virtue may be ruined by men who have no regard to their honour, and who make a jest of the most solemn oaths, &c. What must be the virtue that will be ruined without oaths?"

  2. 2
    One whose work is monochromatic or characterized by sameness.

    "If read with propriety, it will soon correct the monotonist of that sameness of tone, which so disgusts in most common readers, and with which no person can ever reasonably expect to give pleasure to those who are so unfortunate as to be his hearers ,"

  3. 3
    A woman who is focussed solely on her role as wife and mother; a tradwife. archaic

    "I don't wish to run my head up against a stone wall. I mean to turn into a British 'monotonist;' and after Parliament meets I can go up to London."

  4. 4
    One who believes a corporation should care only about maximizing shareholder value, and not be concerned with any other stakeholders.

    "The monotonist perspective maintains that the purpose of the corporation is the legal, short-term maximization of shareholder wealth (Friedman 2002). From the monotonist perspective, responsible corporate board governance requires that board members eschew any extra-shareholder considerations in decision making as reflecting inappropriate social political or cultural influences, possible violations of innate property rights, or even subterfuges that would allow top managers to act in furtherance of their own interests to the detriment of aggregate investor interests."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characterized by sameness; unvarying; lacking originality.

    "Egyptian architecture consequently was cold, monotonist, and insipid."

Example

More examples

"If I ruin such a virtue, sayest thou!—Eternal monotonist!—Again; the most immaculate virtue may be ruined by men who have no regard to their honour, and who make a jest of the most solemn oaths, &c. What must be the virtue that will be ruined without oaths?"

Etymology

From monotony + -ist.

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