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Definition of Monology
1. n. The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.
Definition of Monology
1. Noun. The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monology
1. the act of uttering a monolog [n -GIES]
Medical Definition of Monology
1. The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation. "It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life." (De Quincey) Origin: Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monology
Literary usage of Monology
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An English Syntithology: In Three Books, Developing the Constructive by James Brown (1847)
"monology.—John,—one mono. Rule IV. Every address whether of one, ... monology.—A
bad boy,—one mono. Rule V. Where BE is used, and identity is the leading ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through
his whole life. ..."
3. The Massachusetts Teacher and Journal of Home and School Education by Massachusetts Teachers Association (1874)
"... that monology is the science of monos, — of which, I think, there can be no
doubt; that a mono may be broken or unbroken, of the uni or plus relation. ..."
4. The Philosophical System of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati by Antonio Rosmini (1882)
"<•) Euda:- monology. virtue. This good forms the subject of Ethics, which is
therefore the science of virtue. This is exactly Aristotle's doctrine ..."
5. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"... produceth in living monology. Creatures, in whom God hath placed such Organs,
an Imagination of the Object, from whence the Impression proceedeth; ..."
6. An English Syntithology: In Three Books, Developing the Constructive by James Brown (1847)
"monology.—John,—one mono. Rule IV. Every address whether of one, ... monology.—A
bad boy,—one mono. Rule V. Where BE is used, and identity is the leading ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through
his whole life. ..."
8. The Massachusetts Teacher and Journal of Home and School Education by Massachusetts Teachers Association (1874)
"... that monology is the science of monos, — of which, I think, there can be no
doubt; that a mono may be broken or unbroken, of the uni or plus relation. ..."
9. The Philosophical System of Antonio Rosmini-Serbati by Antonio Rosmini (1882)
"<•) Euda:- monology. virtue. This good forms the subject of Ethics, which is
therefore the science of virtue. This is exactly Aristotle's doctrine ..."
10. Leviathan ; Or, The Matter, Forme & Power of a Commonwealth, Ecclesiasticall by Thomas Hobbes, Alfred Rayney Waller (1904)
"... produceth in living monology. Creatures, in whom God hath placed such Organs,
an Imagination of the Object, from whence the Impression proceedeth; ..."
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