stream of consciousness
noun phrase
1
: the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind
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Part three includes a compelling contrast between a stream of consciousness style and a formal, academic register.
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Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Woolf’s trademark stream of consciousness, her quick and seamless moves from one character or experience to another, means that the past, present, and future intertwine as if no barrier separates them.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
English writer Virginia Woolf used the semicolon profusely in her novel Mrs. Dalloway—more than 1,000 semicolons dot its 194 pages to reflect the protagonist’s stream of consciousness.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
But it’s told as a pure work of stream of consciousness, as if Virginia Woolf had decided to rewrite a book by Thomas Hardy.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Instead of actual reporting, social media can offer a stream of consciousness that often misses key nuances.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
This takes about 20 minutes, at which point Rahma and cohost Andrew Kuo (co-creator of Subway Takes) valiantly try to talk through the clip and end up immediately devolving into a stream of consciousness babble.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
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Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Woolf’s trademark stream of consciousness, her quick and seamless moves from one character or experience to another, means that the past, present, and future intertwine as if no barrier separates them.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
English writer Virginia Woolf used the semicolon profusely in her novel Mrs. Dalloway—more than 1,000 semicolons dot its 194 pages to reflect the protagonist’s stream of consciousness.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
But it’s told as a pure work of stream of consciousness, as if Virginia Woolf had decided to rewrite a book by Thomas Hardy.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2025
Instead of actual reporting, social media can offer a stream of consciousness that often misses key nuances.
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
This takes about 20 minutes, at which point Rahma and cohost Andrew Kuo (co-creator of Subway Takes) valiantly try to talk through the clip and end up immediately devolving into a stream of consciousness babble.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Stream of consciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stream%20of%20consciousness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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