internal monologue

English

Noun

internal monologue (plural internal monologues)

(communication, psychology) The inner voice of a person which provides a running verbal monologue of their thoughts, important in planning, problem solving, self-reflection, etc.
Synonym: self-talk
(literature) A representation of someone's thoughts as articulated. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

inner voice

Danish: indre monolog c
Finnish: sisäinen ääni, sisäinen puhe
German: innerer Monolog, innere Stimme (de) f
Indonesian: senandika (id)
Malay: senandika, monolog dalaman
Polish: monolog wewnętrzny m
Portuguese: monólogo interno m
Romanian: monolog intern n
Spanish: monólogo interno m

literary device

Finnish: sisäinen yksinpuhelu, sisäinen monologi
German: innerer Monolog m
Indonesian: senandika (id)
Malay: monolog dalaman
Polish: monolog wewnętrzny m
Portuguese: monólogo interno m
Romanian: monolog intern n
Spanish: monólogo interno m

See also

anauralia (the absence of auditory imagery, particularly the lack of an inner voice.)
self-talk
stream of consciousness

Further reading

internal monologue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia