internal monologue

English

Noun

internal monologue (plural internal monologues)

1. (communication, psychology) The inner voice of a person which provides a running verbal monologue of their thoughts, important in planning, problem solving, self-reflection, etc.

   Synonym: self-talk

2. (literature) A representation of someone's thoughts as articulated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

inner voice

• Danish: indre monolog c
• Finnish: sisäinen ääni, sisäinen puhe
• German: innerer Monolog, innere Stimme (de) f
• Indonesian: senandika (id)
• Malay: senandika, monolog dalaman
• Portuguese: monólogo interno m
• Romanian: monolog intern n

literary device

• Finnish: sisäinen yksinpuhelu, sisäinen monologi
• German: innerer Monolog m
• Indonesian: senandika (id)
• Malay: monolog dalaman
• Portuguese: monólogo interno m
• Romanian: monolog intern n

See also

• anauralia (the absence of auditory imagery, particularly the lack of an inner voice.)
• self-talk
• stream of consciousness

Further reading

• internal monologue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia