Meaning of the word monolithic in English
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monolithic
US /ˌmɑː.nəˈlɪθ.ɪk/
UK /ˌmɒn.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/
Adjective
1.
formed of a single large block of stone
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The ancient temple was built with monolithic columns.
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The sculpture was a huge, monolithic slab of granite.
2.
(of an organization or system) large, powerful, and indivisible and consequently slow to change
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The company had become a monolithic bureaucracy.
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The government's monolithic structure made reforms difficult.
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