stream of consciousness
noun/ˌstriːm əv ˈkɒnʃəsnəs/
/ˌstriːm əv ˈkɑːnʃəsnəs/
[uncountable]- a continuous flow of ideas, thoughts, and feelings, as they are experienced by a person; a style of writing that expresses this without using the usual methods of description and conversation
- Virginia Woolf’s use of stream of consciousness in her novel ‘Mrs Dalloway’
- the stream-of-consciousness technique in modern literature
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