monograph

American  

[mon-uh-graf, -grahf] / ˈmɒn əˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

1. a treatise on a particular subject, as a biographical study or study of the works of one artist.

2. a highly detailed and thoroughly documented study or paper written about a limited area of a subject or field of inquiry.

   scholarly monographs on medieval pigments.

3. an account of a single thing or class of things, as of a species of organism.

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verb (used with object)

1. to write a monograph about.

monograph British  

/ mɒˈnɒɡrəfə, -ˌɡræf, ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a paper, book, or other work concerned with a single subject or aspect of a subject

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verb

1. (tr) to write a monograph on

Other Word Forms

• monographer noun
• monographic adjective
• monographical adjective
• monographically adverb
• monographist noun

Etymology

Origin of monograph

First recorded in 1815–25; mono- + -graph

Example Sentences

I first met Jacob Rees-Mogg years ago, when I contacted him about bringing his father’s 1975 monograph on the history and causes of inflation back into print.

From The Wall Street Journal

She finds herself in good company: Soutine’s friend Faure suggested in his 1929 monograph on the artist that his work contained “the spark of God.”

From The Wall Street Journal

He wrote or co-wrote at least 16 books, among them a brilliant monograph on George Howe and his “Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City,” a massive study of American urbanism.

From The Wall Street Journal

Frank’s disappointment was mirrored by Talamon, who took the superhero shot of Earth, Wind and Fire, inducted into the National Portrait Gallery, that was included in the “Superfine” official monograph.

From Los Angeles Times

He assigned his student a scholarly monograph, “Alienation: Marx’s Conception of Man in a Capitalist Society,” to begin his long education in how leftists think.

From Salon

Related Words

• dissertation
• essay
• thesis
• treatise