soliloquy

1. (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.Examples: "At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist."; "Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare."countableuncountable

2. (authorship) A speech or written discourse in this form.Examples: "The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]"; "Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation."Synonyms: monologueAntonyms: colloquy, dialogue, dialogcountableuncountable