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as in confession
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as in self-knowledge
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Recent Examples of self-revelation
What self-revelation occurred was not done casually.
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Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Outside of the usual social structures, self-revelation can occur being two islands on opposite sides of the world.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Outside of the usual social structures, self-revelation can occur being two islands on opposite sides of the world.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelation
- confession
- self-knowledge
- acknowledgment
- self-realization
- self-accusation
- self-discovery
- admission
- self-actualization
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After chasing thousands of leads and pursuing several false confessions, investigators arrested the four men in 1999.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Investigators chased thousands of leads and several false confessions before the four men were arrested in late 1999.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The sheer competence of language models has already revamped the human quest for self-knowledge.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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Their support, combined with all the self-knowledge she's gained has been invaluable.—
Allison Aubrey,
NPR,
9 Feb. 2026
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The hearing is expected to be an official acknowledgment that the four men were wrongly accused, prosecuted and imprisoned.—
Julianna Duennes Russ,
Austin American Statesman,
19 Feb. 2026
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Mayoral press conferences and news releases began to include a running tally of involuntary transportations—an acknowledgment, perhaps, of some outer limit to the power of asking nicely from a screen.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2026
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Leaving, at the time, was seen as a temporary sacrifice, something connected to work and supporting a family, not to self-realization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Taking the main character’s famous journey of self-realization every night.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
21 Dec. 2025
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This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The film casts their lives as a testament to the power of science and paints discovery as the ultimate act of self-discovery.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Feb. 2026
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Building on themes of self-discovery, Myat said her runway will feature models walking around, with one encased in a box made from sugar glass.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Part of the reason Bragg didn’t know is that South Carolina doesn’t require hospitals to report admissions for measles, potentially obscuring the disease’s severity.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Her organization made the decision to no longer participate in the refugee admission program and to not to assist any new refugees besides Afghan allies.—
Anna Heqimi,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2026
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These stories reveal how movement, both literal and metaphorical, can propel the ongoing work of self-actualization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Stephanie Ahn 1 hour 59 minutes Bedford Park, Stephanie Ahn’s poignant directorial debut, follows Audrey on her path toward something like self-actualization, sparked by a chance encounter with a similarly lonely soul.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Self-revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelation. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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