"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: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'continuous flow of thoughts': 61 39
  2. A literary device that seeks to describe this process by means of a long, unstructured soliloquy. Categories (topical): Literature Synonyms: interior monologue 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: 13 87 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of 'literary device': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: internal monologue, train of thought

Inflected forms

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