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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) [syn: monophony, monophonic music, monody] [ant: concerted music, polyphonic music, polyphony]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1890 monophonic music

Britannica Concise

Music consisting of a single unaccompanied melodic line. The concept often also includes melody that is accompanied by a drone of by drumming. Most of the world's folk music was essentially monophonic until contact with Western polyphony.