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stream of consciousness
noun
1.
Psychology. thought regarded as a succession of ideas and images constantly moving forward in time.
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1885–90
1885–90
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adjective
of, pertaining to, or characterized by a manner of writing in which a character's thoughts or perceptions are presented as occurring in random form, without regard for logical sequences, syntactic structure, distinctions between various levels of reality, or the like: a stream-of-consciousness novel; a stream-of-consciousness technique.
Compare interior monologue.
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| stream of consciousness | |
| —n | |
| 1. | psychol the continuous flow of ideas, thoughts, and feelings forming the content of an individual's consciousness. The term was originated by William James |
| 2. | a. a literary technique that reveals the flow of thoughts and feelings of characters through long passages of soliloquy |
| b. (as modifier): a stream-of-consciousness novel | |
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stream of consciousness definition
A kind of writing that presents the thoughts of a person or character as they occur. Stream-of-consciousness writing uses devices such as characters speaking to themselves, free association, and lists of words. William Faulkner, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf wrote stream-of-consciousness novels.
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