monolithic

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But the multi-clans that constitute "Somaliland" cannot be described as a monolithic group that completely desire separation from Somalia - or that all the "Somaliland clans" are completely infatuated with the Riyale administration's gross abuse of public funds and public trust.

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  1. adjective Constituting a monolith: a monolithic sculpture.
  2. adjective Massive, solid, and uniform: the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture.
  3. adjective Constituting or acting as a single, often rigid, uniform whole: a monolithic worldwide movement.

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  • The old warehouses and factories were monolithic, their blank facades broken only by high many-paned windows that glinted blackly in the light from the street lamps. —  process 11
  • Pacifica group is less monolithic, they are no less bombastic, often referring to White as a
  • Vietnamese Buddhists were not monolithic, and had their own internal struggles. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • This constitutes another advantage for a monolithic, state-run Gazprom. —  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  • But the multi-clans that constitute "Somaliland" cannot be described as a monolithic group that completely desire separation from Somalia - or that all the "Somaliland clans" are completely infatuated with the Riyale administration's gross abuse of public funds and public trust. —  [unknown placeholder $my.siteName$]
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  1. = French monolithique = Portuguese monolithico; as monolith + -ic.
 

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/mɑnəˈlɪθɪk/
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