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
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- (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’.
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