monoculturalism

English

Etymology

monocultural +‎ -ism

Noun

monoculturalism (countable and uncountable, plural monoculturalisms)

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

Coordinate terms

2, biculturalism; 3, triculturalism; several or many, multiculturalism or polyculturalism

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