| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation; straying |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering |
| Antonyms: | directness, straightness |
| Main Entry: | stream of consciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | word association |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, association of ideas, chain of thought, free association, inner monologue, interior monologue, mind mapping, train of thought, word painting |
| Main Entry: | irrelevancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |
| Main Entry: | parenthesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, irrelevancy, note, obiter dictum, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |