soliloquy

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience.

   “At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.”

   “Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A speech or written discourse in this form.

   “The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]”

   “Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.”

verb

1. (rare)To issue a soliloquy.