"internal monologue" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: internal monologues [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} internal monologue (plural internal monologues)
  1. A person's "inner voice" which provides a running verbal monologue of what they are thinking, important in planning, problem solving, self-reflection, etc. Synonyms: self-talk Related terms: anauralia (english: inner voice; the absence of auditory imagery, particularly the lack of an .), self-talk, stream of consciousness Translations (inner voice): indre monolog [common-gender] (Danish), sisäinen ääni (Finnish), sisäinen puhe (Finnish), innerer Monolog (German), innere Stimme [feminine] (German), senandika (Malay), monolog intern [neuter] (Romanian) Translations (literary device): sisäinen yksinpuhelu (Finnish), sisäinen monologi (Finnish), innerer Monolog [masculine] (German), monolog intern [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-internal_monologue-en-noun-xN6l~6u4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'inner voice': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'literary device': 61 39
  2. (literature) A representation of someone's thoughts as articulated. Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-internal_monologue-en-noun-xsDIH5pj Topics: literature, media, publishing

Inflected forms

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