monoidoid

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English

Etymology

monoid +‎ -oid. A monoid can be viewed as a one-object category, so that a category can be viewed as the horizontal categorification of a monoid, but this almost-circular definition is mostly used as a joke, often associated with a view of category theory as overly abstract nonsense.

Noun

monoidoid (plural monoidoids)

  1. (category theory, humorous) A category.