soliloquizing

Talking to yourself

Soliloquizing is speaking one's thoughts aloud, especially when alone or unaware of listeners.

The term comes from theater, where a soliloquy lets the audience hear a character's inner thoughts: He stood at the window, soliloquizing about his failures.

Outside drama, it often suggests someone talking to themselves or thinking out loud.

theatrical

stage

Raised performance platform

ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
actorOne who portrays characters

performance · aside · declamation · oration · audience · spotlight · drama · tragedy · playwright · recitation

introspective

self-reflection

Examining one's own mind

contemplationSustained reflective attention
ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
soul-searchingProbing one's innermost feelings

self-examination · musing · brooding · pondering · self-questioning · self-analysis · self-awareness · meditation · navel-gazing · self-discovery

verbal

muttering

Quiet, unclear speech

murmuringSpeaking softly, indistinctly
ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
verbalizingExpressing through speech

expounding · articulating · utterance · vocalizing · orating · spouting · discoursing · speechifying

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self-reflection

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