monograph

[mon-uh-graf, -grahf]

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.

verb (used with object)

1. to write a monograph about.

monograph

/ mɒˈnɒɡrəfə, -ˌɡræf, ˈmɒnəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

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

verb

1. (tr) to write a monograph on

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of monograph¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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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.

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The authors downplayed the report’s link to the controversial monograph they produced for the National Toxicology Program, Levy wrote.

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There were lots of problems with the National Toxicology Program’s monograph.

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Related Words

• dissertation 
• essay 
• thesis 
• treatise