monocultures

Noun

monoculture (countable and uncountable, plural monocultures)

1. The cultivation of a single crop at a time.
   • Monocultures are bad for the environment; as we forced golden, waving wheat to take over the planet, other species faltered and failed, rather than rising on their merits.2023 September 30, Martha Gill, “When Taylor Swift reaps country-sized riches, other artists are squeezed out”, in The Observer, →ISSN

   Antonyms:

   polyculture

2. A culture or society that lacks diversity; a society marked by monoculturalism.
   • It also isn’t going to be broadcast on TV networks that yearn to re-create the previous century’s monoculture. Our attention spans and tastes keep fracturing, and the ratings for late-night comedy keep declining.2023 September 27, Spencer Kornhaber, “The Weirdos Living Inside Our Phones”, in The Atlantic

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