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monology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məˈnɒləd͡ʒi/

Etymology

From mono- + -logy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of habit of soliloquizing, or of dominating conversation.
   • It was not, therefore, by an insolent usurpation that [Samuel Taylor] Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life, but in virtue of a concession from the kindness and respect of his friends. 1860, Thomas De Quincey, “Conversation”, in Letters to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected; and Other Papers (De Quincey’s Works; XIV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 171:
   • Miriam would only speed up in her speech when she 'forgot' the presence of others, when she was, as it were, enveloped in monology. 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
2. (countable, rare) A work consisting of a single part (as opposed to a dilogy, trilogy, etc.)

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