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Meaning of monology | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/məˈnɒləd͡ʒi/

Definitions

  1. The act of habit of soliloquizing, or of dominating conversation.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A work consisting of a single part (as opposed to a dilogy, trilogy, etc.)
    countable, rare

Examples

“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.”
“Miriam would only speed up in her speech when she 'forgot' the presence of others, when she was, as it were, enveloped in monology.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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