stream-of-con|scious|ness

stream-of-con|scious|ness
the freely flowing thoughts and associations of any one of the characters in a story.
stream-of-con|scious|ness «STREEM uhv KON shuhs nihs», adjective.
of or having to do with a method of storytelling in which the author tells the story through the freely flowing thoughts and associations of one of the characters.

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