colloquy
3
9.7
- noun
- /kəˈlɒkwi/
- Formal
- Rather, we have an uncertain colloquy of two people so often disappointed by events around them:
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Examples
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Instead of stamping works with authority, literary canons propose entries into a culture's critical colloquy.
Academic text (1999) -
Their private colloquy ended, they moved back toward our point of vantage.
Fiction book (1990) -
All of this seemed to go on without me, as if our two bodies were having a separate colloquy of their own.
Fiction book (1997) -
Out of this colloquy, two camps have emerged.
Academic text (2017) -
Your Honor, I object to the witnesses engaging in this colloquy.
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As this colloquy illustrates, the answers to such questions are, at a minimum, far from "clear" and "obvious."
Academic text (2001) -
They're very active in the colloquy that goes on at oral argument.
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The general colloquy that followed the presentations reveals how the debate had sharpened.
Academic text (2010) -
My source of information on all this, apart from my own rambling internal colloquy and self-examination, is the lady who attends to me.
Fiction book (2001) -
The professor led a colloquy on the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A talk between two or more people to share news and ideas
∞
1.0
A discussion where people share ideas or feelings
∞
1.4
A conversation where people share ideas and opinions to decide or understand
132
6.4
Speech or writing about a topic
14
3.3
A conversation where people share ideas honestly without holding back
10
7.7
An honest serious conversation about difficult or important things
8
4.4
Polite, respectful discussion about political or controversial topics
7
2.0
A conversation among several people about one topic to share ideas or make a decision
2
3.5
Serious conversation that looks closely at important or difficult ideas
1
4.1
A lively, strong talk where people share honest, clear opinions
1
9.1
A conversation between two or more people
1
8.8
A long spoken or written discussion that gives many details
How Formal
- Formal
∞
2.0
- Formal
3
9.7
∞
1.4
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
- Informal
399
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word colloquy comes from Latin parts col- 'with' and loqu- 'to speak', so it meant 'speaking together'. That's why a colloquy is a formal or serious talk between people about a specific topic.