noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more.
2. 2
   the use in a text of different tones or viewpoints, whose interaction or contradiction is important to the text's interpretation. wordnet

Etymology

From dialog + -ism.

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