streamof consciousness

stream of consciousness n. pl. streams of consciousness

1. A literary technique that presents the thoughts and feelings of a character as they occur.

2. Psychology. The conscious experience of an individual regarded as a continuous, flowing series of images and ideas running through the mind.

  stream'-of-conʹscious·ness (strēm'əv-kŏnʹshəs-nĭs) adj.

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