disapproval If you describe something such as a building as monolithic, you do not like it because it is very large and plain with no character. a huge monolithic concrete building
disapproval If you refer to an organization or system as monolithic, you are critical of it because it is very large and very slow to change, and does not seem to have different parts with different characters. an authoritarian and monolithic system
imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"