monotonist

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.

   • Happy to escape the formal monotonist, she thanked the Countess with a grateful tear, and reluctantly leaving her to the tedious repetition of dull apothegms and grave declamations, felt a transient relief in the liberty of reflection, […]
2. 2

   One whose work is monochromatic or characterized by sameness.

   • I could chide thee now As vexed Apollo some monotonist That will but finger in one mode alone, And learn no other.
3. 3

   A woman who is focussed solely on her role as wife and mother

   A woman who is focussed solely on her role as wife and mother; a tradwife.

   • I don't wish to run my head up against a stone wall. I mean to turn into a British 'monotonist;' and after Parliament meets I can go up to London.
   • No dying in debt at home in a bed that would wind up in a high-tourist attraction, just because one was a monotonist didn't mean everything always had to be The Same, The Same, The Same...
   • Her thoughts were interrupted by the woman sitting across from her. "You're not a monotonist, are you? ".
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   1. 4

      One who believes a corporation should care only about maximizing shareholder value, and…

      One who believes a corporation should care only about maximizing shareholder value, and not be concerned with any other stakeholders.

   2. 5

      Characterized by sameness

      Characterized by sameness; unvarying; lacking originality.

      • Egyptian architecture consequently was cold, monotonist, and insipid.
      • I will say nothing more until I have heard your renditions, which are certain to lack emotion and be monotonist.

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