"monolingualism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: monolingualisms [plural]
Etymology: From monolingual + -ism. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|monolingual|-ism}} monolingual + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} monolingualism (countable and uncountable, plural monolingualisms)
  1. The condition of being monolingual; the ability to speak only a single language. Wikipedia link: monolingualism Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: monoglottism, unilingualism Related terms: sesquilingualism, bilingualism, trilingualism, multilingualism Translations (condition of being able to speak only a single language): təkdillilik (Azerbaijani), birdillilik (Azerbaijani), monolingüisme [masculine] (Catalan), unilingüisme [masculine] (Catalan), 單語 (Chinese Mandarin), 单语 (dānyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), ensprogethed [common-gender] (Danish), yksikielisyys (Finnish), monolinguisme [masculine] (French), unilinguisme [masculine] (French), monolingüismo [masculine] (Galician), Einsprachigkeit [feminine] (German), Monolingualität [feminine] (German), Monolingualismus [masculine] (German), Monolinguismus [masculine] (German), egynyelvűség (Hungarian), monolinguismo [masculine] (Italian), еднојазичност (ednojazičnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), enspråklighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), einspråklegheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eittspråklegheit [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), jednojęzyczność [feminine] (Polish), monolinguismo (Portuguese), monolingüismo [masculine] (Spanish), enspråkighet [common-gender] (Swedish), tekdillilik (Turkish), одномо́вність (odnomóvnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "condition of being able to speak only a single language",
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      "code": "it",
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