internal monologue

English

Noun

internal monologue (plural internal monologues)

A person's "inner voice" which provides a running verbal monologue of what they are thinking, important in planning, problem solving, self-reflection, etc.
Synonym: self-talk
(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
Romanian: monolog intern n

literary device

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

See also

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

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