self-revelation

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Recent Examples of self-revelation We’re introduced to a contented and excited Clémence who seems in the wake of major self-revelation. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2025 This is your invitation to realize how your self-disclosure leads to self-revelation. Colin Bedell, Them., 15 May 2025 Come for the scene-y details and celebrity gossip, stay for McNally’s genuine self-revelation. Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 May 2025 This meta comment relates to several layers of the play, as Ren, a woman in her 60s, explores the possibilities of an unconventional relationship defined solely by self-revelation and untethered to personal history. Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025 The movie is a quietly exuberant outburst of self-revelation, a coming-of-age tale full of passion and gratitude for the cultural and natural splendors of his home town. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2025 The parallels here are unsubtle, but Falconer’s delicate and impressively assured direction smoothes them into something honest, so that even the moments that might seem obvious to us roil with self-revelation. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025 Like Ito, Miller’s narrative finds a galvanizing energy in self-revelation. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelation
Noun
  • During the eighth episode of the show, Belly and Conrad have an awkward encounter following his confession on the beach.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The second season of the Netflix hit ended on a cliffhanger with Jackie finally confessing her feelings to Cole, but Alex hearing the confession.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Discovering one’s impulses and sources (artistic self-knowledge) is essential for answering these questions.
    Douglas Unger August 29, Literary Hub, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Every experiment, success, and failure builds self-knowledge—the kind no college ranking can offer.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The prosecutor challenged a defense claim that Torres ended the abuse in an act of self-realization.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Per Britannica, Jung's psychoanalytic method focuses on integrating conscious and unconscious aspects of the psyche to achieve personal growth and self-realization.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • And an almost incidental scene, in which the NSA’s North Korea expert (Greta Lee) watches a Battle of Gettysburg reenactment with her son on a day off, seems a sardonic acknowledgment that war for America is a blustery display with little long-range vision.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The move was seen by some as a de facto tax on cross-border commerce, and by others as an implicit acknowledgment that a full decoupling is neither practical nor profitable.
    Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Saturn retrograde and a total lunar eclipse in Pisces bring focus to your expansive ninth house of self-discovery and perspective, sparking deeper conversations with romantic suitors and significant others.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is all thanks to Saturn retrograde in Pisces, activating your ninth house of expansion and self-discovery.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Students attending the school will earn up to 64 college credits for an associate's degree in liberal arts from DSU and are guaranteed admission there, according to the New York mayor's office.
    Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The new facility will serve as a focal point for engineering students, with student support services like academic counseling, tutoring and admissions also lodged in the four-story, 114,000-square-foot building.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This year has been a bit of self-exploration.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The grotto set the stage for the rest of my visit: quiet spirituality, relaxation, and self-exploration.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2025

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“Self-revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelation. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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