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US
/ˌmɑnəˈɫɪθɪk/
]
[ UK /mˌɒnəʊlˈɪθɪk/ ]
[ UK /mˌɒnəʊlˈɪθɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
imposing in size or bulk or solidity
a monumental scale
the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture
massive oak doors
Moore's massive sculptures -
characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total uniformity
a monolithic society
a monolithic worldwide movement
How To Use monolithic In A Sentence
- Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.
- At the end of the path was a doorway, which led into one of the monolithic buildings.
- The phrase suggests a monolithic entity with a single purpose.
- Just as dodecaphony never followed a monolithic party line, neither did neoclassicism.
- Industrial buildings tend to be large, monolithic, brown, bulky, and not subtle.
- The two approaches currently used for optical-component integration - hybrid and monolithic - both display distinct limitations.
- He tucked his hands into the pant pockets as he casually strolled down the monolithic hallway.
- In this paper, a monolithic thermal vacuum sensor based on a micro-hotplate(MHP)and operating under constant bias voltage conditions was designed.
- And a seemingly never-ending procession of leafcutter ants tack diagonally across the next spot in the trail on a pheromone-driven mission to and from their monolithic anthills.
- The military's hardly a monolithic organization, and you can always find someone in the service who didn't like one of his brothers in arms.