Definitions

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  • noun A speech delivered by several persons.

Etymologies

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From poly- + -logue, apparently on the model of dialogue. Attested at least since 1961.

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Examples

  • This is a fantastic polylogue, & I cannot possibly reply to everyone, but for me, 2 points leap out:

    My Favorite Holiday Treat? Richard Dawkins Mark 2007

  • Strangers fell casually into the dialogue or, as someone called it, the “polylogue.”

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • Strangers fell casually into the dialogue or, as someone called it, the “polylogue.”

    Where Wizards Stay Up Late Katie Hafner 2001

  • That polylogue was not for any human tongue to repeat.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • That polylogue was not for any human tongue to repeat.

    The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994

  • Can he be so naive as to think that any international polylogue of students and teachers would produce greater "moral" or "philosophical" unanimity than any other international conference has been able to do?

    The Banality of Liberalism Ludwig, E. Jeffrey 1965

  • The conversation or rather mono-polylogue, as some great performer calls it, ran in somewhat of the following strain:

    Loss and Gain The Story of a Convert John Henry Newman 1845

  • Rite of Spring riot -- they're all part of the big, madhouse polylogue we call free expression.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Rite of Spring riot -- they're all part of the big, madhouse polylogue we call free expression.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

  • Rite of Spring riot -- they're all part of the big, madhouse polylogue we call free expression.

    Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch 2009

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