Thesaurus results for COLLOQUY

colloquy

noun

ˈkä-lə-kwē

Definition of colloquy next

as in symposium

a meeting featuring a group discussion attended a colloquy on economic globalization

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as in discussion

an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue the subject of the spirited colloquy was the disputed authorship of the plays attributed to Shakespeare

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as in conversation

talking or a talk between two or more people a casual colloquy between two old colleagues in the faculty lounge

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Recent Examples of colloquy There were some priceless moments in court, including an extended colloquy between Justice Elena Kagan and Hemani’s attorney about a hypothetical statute that Congress might pass to disarm users of the psychedelic drug ayahuasca. —

Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2026 Beyond the practical challenges lies a deeper, more existential question—one that has echoed through colloquies of faculty athletic reps in league meetings this month: Is the job still worth having if it’s excluded from determining the new governance of college sports? —

Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025 There is nothing analytical about Jackiw and Denk’s rendition, which translates all those formal intricacies into an infectious colloquy of voices. —

Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024 State of play: The concrete barriers guarding the steep switchbacks above Wasatch Mountain State Park now display a colloquy of pro- and anti-Trump graffiti. —

Erin Alberty, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024 These artist combinations – or colloquies, as Viveros-Fauné calls them – are especially effective at Stelo Arts and Parallax Art Center. —

Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023 Charlie and Joanie’s colloquy in the thoroughfare is also a mutual reassurance that the other’s dream has value. —

Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2021 While there is inevitably a performative dimension to the colloquy between these two figures who have spent so many years on the public stage, Obama and Springsteen are also both deeply introspective. —

BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2021 And the superb Baryshnikov somehow turns his body to stone, ending the colloquy. —

Joan Acocella, The New York Review of Books, 14 May 2020

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Noun

Prior to our conversation earlier this year, Ayala and Mose-Vargas had both attended a symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of David Montejano’s Anglos and Mexicans in the Making of Texas, a foundational text on class and race in the Southwest.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
Some research suggests other benefits, too, according to a recent symposium from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026