monologue
long speech by one person
Roots
- log / logy: word, speech, reasoning, study
- mono-: one
Other words with the log / logy root
- analogous: similar in a useful or structural way
- analogy: comparison based on similarity
- anthropology: the study of human beings
- apologist: a defender of a person, idea, or cause
- apology: expression of regret or defense
- astrology: belief system mapping celestial positions to human affairs
- biology: study of life
- dialogue: conversation
Monologue is one-person speech: mono plus logue.
The villain’s monologue gave the hero too much time to escape.
One voice holds the floor while every other voice waits.