monolithismn.
/ˈmɒnəlɪθɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɑnəlɪθˌɪz(ə)m/ The quality or fact of being monolithic (monolithic adj. 3).Used esp. in the context of totalitarian rule.
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partocracy1966
1927 Nation 21 Dec. 703 The tactics..constituted a danger to the ‘monolithism’ of the party.
1948 J. Towster Polit. Power in U.S.S.R. ii. vi. 132 Cutting across both the monopoly and monolithism power principles, this act was..condemned as ‘open counter-revolution’.
1957 T. Kilmartin tr. R. C. F. Aron Opium of Intellectuals 129 The Bolsheviks have always had two slogans, one which insisted on monolithism, the other which encouraged conflicts of ideas and tendencies to sustain the vigour of the Party.
1997 Current Anthropol. 38 805/1 The image of the Arabic-speaking world held by many observers is based on cultural-linguistic and religious uniformity and monolithism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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