stream of consciousness
noun phrase
1
: the continuous unedited chronological flow of conscious experience through the mind
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The rapper then ended his political stream of consciousness with a request for Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s 2024 election opponent.
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Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Malling mentions Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Mrs Dalloway, calling attention to the author’s use of stream of consciousness.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
Quickly getting into his groove, Common gets into a stream of consciousness, touching on the passage of life while asserting his mic supremacy over rival emcees.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2024
Lynch wrote the lyrics in the moment as needed and in a stream of consciousness scrawled onto blue notecards.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
The songs become extensions of his shaggy stream of consciousness.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
At one point, Diamantis demanded $44,000 in a stream of consciousness text message.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
One of the texts Michael rediscovered and chose for the eulogy was an unprompted stream of consciousness — the kind of reminiscence that’s played for laughs but leaves behind a feeling more bittersweet, more profound.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2024
The full interview was meandering and at times devolved into stream of consciousness responses; Musk spoke for triple the time most other interviewees did.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2023
Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Malling mentions Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own and Mrs Dalloway, calling attention to the author’s use of stream of consciousness.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024
Quickly getting into his groove, Common gets into a stream of consciousness, touching on the passage of life while asserting his mic supremacy over rival emcees.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2024
Lynch wrote the lyrics in the moment as needed and in a stream of consciousness scrawled onto blue notecards.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
The songs become extensions of his shaggy stream of consciousness.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
At one point, Diamantis demanded $44,000 in a stream of consciousness text message.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2024
One of the texts Michael rediscovered and chose for the eulogy was an unprompted stream of consciousness — the kind of reminiscence that’s played for laughs but leaves behind a feeling more bittersweet, more profound.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2024
The full interview was meandering and at times devolved into stream of consciousness responses; Musk spoke for triple the time most other interviewees did.
—Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 30 Nov. 2023
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