monotonist
monotonist noun: one who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.
Noun
monotonist (plural monotonists)
- 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?1748, [Samuel Richardson], Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; [a]nd sold by John Osborn, […], →OCLC
- and those who will be honest enough will own, as I imagine, the Homer has few beauties; his slumbers long and fequent, and notwithstanding his fifteen hundred commentators and translators, he is a monotonist, verbose, and a surfeiting describer.1786, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, The Nightcap: In Two Volumes - Volume 1, page 173
- 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 ,1817, Daniel Staniford, The Art of Reading, page 211
- I could chide thee now As vexed Apollo some monotonist That will but finger in one mode alone, And learn no other.1885, John Todhunter, Helena in Troas, page 73
- A woman who is focussed solely on her role as wife and mother; a tradwife.
- 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.1871, Charlotte Louisa Hawkins Dempster, Véra, page 168
- No dying in debt at home in a bed that would wind up in a high-tourist attraction, just because one was a monotonist didn't mean everything always had to be The Same, The Same, The Same...2002, J. Lilly, The Last Carnival, page 277
- 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...2012, W. Amann, A. Stachowicz-Stanusch, Integrity in Organizations, page 197
- Private benefit corporations (as opposed to B corporations — public benefit corporations) under the monotonist rubric have secured investor wealth but also have injured many stakeholders through the abusive use of power from the unlimited accumulation of financial assets without legal liability...2013, Joseph A. Petrick, “Humanistic Management and North American Business Ethics”, in S. Khan, W. Amann, editor, World Humanism, page 39
Adjective
monotonist (comparative more monotonist, superlative most monotonist)
- Characterized by sameness; unvarying; lacking originality.
- Egyptian architecture consequently was cold, monotonist, and insipid.2001, Jóhann Páll Árnason, Peter Murphy, Agon, Logos, Polis: The Greek Achievement and Its Aftermath, page 224
- I will say nothing more until I have heard your renditions, which are certain to lack emotion and be monotonist.2004, Albert Clarkson, Heaven Engine, page 96
Examples of monotonist in a sentence
- In these first lyrics he disclosed the eye of monotonist and etcher for the beauty of Nature.2022, John Daniel Logan, Donald G. French, Highways of Canadian Literature:
- The monotonist perspective maintains that the purpose of the corporation is the legal, short-term maximization of shareholder wealth (Friedman 2002).2012, W. Amann, A. Stachowicz-Stanusch, Integrity in Organizations, page 197:
Forms of monotonist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | monotonists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more monotonist |
| superlative | most monotonist |
Origin of monotonist
From monotony + -ist.
Questions about monotonist
- What does monotonist mean?
- Monotonist means one who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.
- How do you use monotonist in a sentence?
- In these first lyrics he disclosed the eye of monotonist and etcher for the beauty of Nature.
- What part of speech is monotonist?
- Monotonist can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of monotonist?
- The plural of monotonist is monotonists.
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