"stream of consciousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: streams of consciousness [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|streams of consciousness}} stream of consciousness (plural streams of consciousness)
  1. The continuous flow of thoughts that makes up an individual's conscious experience. Categories (topical): Thinking Translations (continuous flow of thoughts): 意識流 (Chinese Mandarin), 意识流 (yìshiliú) (Chinese Mandarin), tajunnanvirta (Finnish), Bewusstseinsstrom [masculine] (German), flux de conștiință [neuter] (Romanian), пото́к созна́ния (potók soznánija) [masculine] (Russian), sruth-mothachaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-stream_of_consciousness-en-noun-1JmrWvnt Disambiguation of Thinking: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'continuous flow of thoughts': 69 31
  2. A literary device that seeks to describe this process by means of a long, unstructured soliloquy. Categories (topical): Literature Synonyms: interior monologue Related terms: internal monologue, train of thought Translations (literary device): 意識流 (Chinese Mandarin), 意识流 (yìshiliú) (Chinese Mandarin), tajunnanvirta (Finnish), Bewusstseinsstrom [masculine] (German), Stream of Con­scious­ness [masculine] (German), strumień świadomości [masculine] (Polish), flux de conștiință [neuter] (Romanian), пото́к созна́ния (potók soznánija) [masculine] (Russian), sruth-mothachaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-stream_of_consciousness-en-noun-gUuzVqs7 Disambiguation of Literature: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'literary device': 5 95

Inflected forms

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