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as in confession
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as in self-knowledge
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Recent Examples of self-revelation
But the self-revelation held me back.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
There are indeed threads of entertainment, insight, and self-revelation on our own life miscues resonant in the show.
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Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2026
Her most captivating scene is an unexpected moment of self-revelation that’s best kept under wraps.
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David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Having said this, there are also subtler ways than hitchhiking to experience self-revelation when traveling.
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Robert Klose,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2026
Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
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Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
7 Dec. 2025
Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
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Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
There are indeed threads of entertainment, insight, and self-revelation on our own life miscues resonant in the show.
—
Frank Racioppi,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2026
Her most captivating scene is an unexpected moment of self-revelation that’s best kept under wraps.
—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
Having said this, there are also subtler ways than hitchhiking to experience self-revelation when traveling.
—
Robert Klose,
Christian Science Monitor,
20 Feb. 2026
Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
7 Dec. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelation
- confession
- self-knowledge
- acknowledgment
- self-realization
- admission
- self-discovery
- self-betrayal
- self-actualization
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Sitting around a table in the soundstage where the pilot for I Love Lucy was filmed, the six of them tailored the roles to the actors and infused the script with arguments, embarrassments, and confessions from their own relationships.
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What happens when the material is not confession but trace?
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Costume designers and Reid reinvent Lestat’s look with punk, goth and 18th century flourishes as the series explores his hunger for validation and self-knowledge rather than simple, fleeting fame.
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The Enneagram promises self-knowledge.
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After Phil Nevin and Ron Washington also failed to hold the managerial job for more than two seasons, Minasian hired first-time manager Kurt Suzuki from his own front-office staff last fall, giving him a one-year deal with the acknowledgment that their fates were tied.
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In September 2024, the USDA quietly terminated its 30-year-old annual report on household food insecurity — effectively ending the official tracking and acknowledgment of hunger in America.
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Post vague quotes about self-realization that are universal but ultimately mean nothing.
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His experiment in self-realization put him in a long line of spiritual seekers, and like innumerable young persons in every generation, he was actively engaged in evolving a design for living, drawing from sources near to and farther from home.
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Other free admission for military, healthcare, first responders, Florida educators, and disabled visitors and an accompanying caregiver.
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One drink ticket is included in admission and a valid ID required, organizers said.
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However, the fan in question (played by Tony Award winner Reed Birney) has a strange connection to his past, pushing both men on an unexpected course of self-discovery that examines the balance of power in intimate relationships.
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Coming out is an act of self-discovery.
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The lesson is visibility without self-betrayal.
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This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.
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That spirit was palpable in Demna’s debut show at Gucci, where self-concept and self-actualization seemed to come alive in a way that almost laughed at itself.
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The adaptation stars Ella Bruccoleri as the eponymous Mary, who goes on a voyage of self-actualization in London.
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“Self-revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelation. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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