monolith
noun /ˈmɒnəlɪθ/
/ˈmɑːnəlɪθ/
- a large single vertical block of stone, especially one that was shaped into a column by people living in ancient times, and that may have had some religious meaning
- (often disapproving) a single, very large organization that is very slow to change and not interested in individual people
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French monolithe, from Greek monolithos, from monos ‘single’ + lithos ‘stone’.