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stream of consciousness
noun phrase
1
: the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind
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Mats gets this stream of consciousness montage kind of form.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
The book, about a young girl growing up with a disabled brother and religious mother, is full of Joyce’s characteristic stream of consciousness: blunt, sensory, and immediate.
—Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
These works also include autobiographical statements in comic book-style lettering which spill across the page in a manic stream of consciousness.
—Alissa Simon, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
Transitioning seamlessly between past and present, Yung creates something closer to a stream of consciousness than a conventional story.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 2 Nov. 2024
Like last time, the Games 3 and 4 recaps were written as the games were going on, sort of stream of consciousness.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
The rapper then ended his political stream of consciousness with a request for Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s 2024 election opponent.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Malling mentions Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Mrs Dalloway, calling attention to the author’s use of stream of consciousness.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
Quickly getting into his groove, Common gets into a stream of consciousness, touching on the passage of life while asserting his mic supremacy over rival emcees.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of stream of consciousness was
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“Stream of consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stream%20of%20consciousness. Accessed 16 Dec. 2024.
Medical Definition
stream of consciousness
noun
: the continuous unedited flow of conscious experience through the mind
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