monolithic
ಏಕಶಿಲೆಯ
definition
adjective
This section was conceived as having been carved out of a single monolithic block.
formed of a single large block of stone.
rejecting any move toward a monolithic European superstate
(of an organization or system) large, powerful, and intractably indivisible and uniform.
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It should be ugly, vast and 'monolithic' , crude after the bewitching vagaries of the old town, but instead is a streamlined example of aesthetic integration, beautiful in its own right.
The new galleries and studios are not Old-World museums which can be described as architectural wonders, or as 'monolithic' buildings that have a story behind them.
If the government is considered 'monolithic' , journalists can report its activities, in simply comprehended and coherent terms, as an adversary out of touch with popular sentiments.
The different authors of the biographies seek to show that even within the tight confines of the 'monolithic' party the individual loyal Communists proved to be different from one another in many ways.
According to Novak, the building's final design will have the sleek, 'monolithic' look of a tall office tower.
It was still dark outside, though thin tendrils of light were warming the horizon, shining an eerie glow on the 'monolithic' buildings to the south.
Perhaps it makes the most sense to think of them as local blocs or local communities, but not as a nationally cohesive group that can be characterized as a 'monolithic' voting bloc.
Epstein believes reporters err too often by viewing the operations of government as 'monolithic' instead of the ‘product of diverse and competing’ interests.
The ephemeral nature of Emmanuel's installation, which acts as a memorial, made a striking contrast with the 1970s 'monolithic' Monument.
This is an ancient place where the flat landscape is broken by huge 'monolithic' mountainous outcrops that silently remind you that this is how it's been for countless millennia.
It is no longer the 'monolithic' system based on large capital investment exemplified at its best by Hollywood in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.
The culture of the police - the values, norms, perspectives, and craft rules that inform their conduct - is neither 'monolithic' , universal nor unchanging.
Carved to represent Mt. Kailasa, the home of the god Shiva in the Himalayas, it is the largest 'monolithic' structure in the world, carved top-down from a single rock.
The two approaches currently used for optical-component integration - hybrid and 'monolithic' - both display distinct limitations.
With the movement against a 'monolithic' world-economic system, people can once again see the enemy more clearly.
We linger in the city's few remaining open spaces, desolate and serene as large 'monolithic' apartment blocks overlook the fertile land like greedy developers.
The west side of the building is nearly 'monolithic' , appearing impregnable, with ribbon windows and a sheer precipice of craggy stone.
It's a gargantuan, tightly-squeezed settlement of 16-lane roads, subway stations with 12 exits and looming, 'monolithic' tower apartment blocks.
The war memorial, an exquisite 'monolithic' stone pillar, was erected at this place in memory of the soldiers from the erstwhile Mysore state who laid down their lives in the war.
Enormous 'monolithic' buildings, windowless and scaleless, were separated by vast boulevards.
The problem is that a society like autocratic 19th century St. Petersburg - like our 'monolithic' and faceless corporate culture - doesn't work like that.
Its application to electronics collected a number of well-known technologies to produce useful 'monolithic' circuits.
The 'monolithic' processors in the desktop field will have a single diode.
From the U.S. perspective, the concept of government-funded media has an air of propaganda and 'monolithic' ideology.
The military's hardly a 'monolithic' organization, and you can always find someone in the service who didn't like one of his brothers in arms.
The design for the site has sought to avoid presenting to the river the hard edge of a single 'monolithic' structure behind a fence.
For years the Dundee skyline was dominated by the 'monolithic' tower blocks of the Ardler housing estate.
Yes, my parents did own a reasonably large home, nothing 'monolithic' , but a shelter of fair fortune none the less.
Industrial buildings tend to be large, 'monolithic' , brown, bulky, and not subtle.
Had the obelisk been successfully completed, it would be the single heaviest piece of 'monolithic' stonework reaching about 42 m and weighing over 1168 tonnes.
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