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Monologue
//ˈmɒnəlɒɡ// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
- 2 a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor wordnet
- 3 A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.
- 4 a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation) wordnet
- 5 A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.
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- 6 speech you make to yourself wordnet
Verb
- 1 To deliver a monologue.
"Powerful parents, in her formulation, feeling themselves autonomous and powerful, give autonomy and power to their children; powerless ones, feeling themselves passive and controlled, in turn exert an excessive control on their children, and monologue at them, instead of having a dialogue with them."
Etymology
Etymology 1
First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos, “soliloquy, monologue”). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
Etymology 2
First attested in c. 1550. Borrowed from Middle French monologue, modeled on dialogue, ultimately from Byzantine Greek μονόλογος (monólogos, “soliloquy, monologue”). By surface analysis, mono- + -logue.
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