Monology
/məˈnɒləd͡ʒi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of habit of soliloquizing, or of dominating conversation. countable, uncountable
"It was not, therefore, by an insolent usurpation that [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life, but in virtue of a concession from the kindness and respect of his friends."
- 2 A work consisting of a single part (as opposed to a dilogy, trilogy, etc.) countable, rare
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"It was not, therefore, by an insolent usurpation that [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life, but in virtue of a concession from the kindness and respect of his friends."
Etymology
From mono- + -logy.