soliloquy

/səˈlɪləkwi/
noun
  1. A speech in a play in which a character speaks their thoughts aloud while alone on stage.
    • During the soliloquy, the audience learns the character's secret fears.
    • The actor delivered a powerful soliloquy about revenge and justice.
    • Hamlet's 'To be or not to be' is one of the most famous soliloquies in English literature.
  2. The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud, regardless of whether others are present.
    • Sometimes a quiet soliloquy helps me sort out my feelings.
    • He went into a long soliloquy about the meaning of life while we waited for the bus.
    • Her soliloquy in the kitchen was interrupted by the phone ringing.
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