self-revelations

noun

plural of self-revelation
1
as in confessions

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2
as in self-realizations

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelations
  1. confessions
  2. self-discoveries
  3. declarations
  4. self-perceptions
  5. acknowledgments
  6. self-images
  7. affirmations
  8. meditations
Noun
  • Lawyers for Davis plan to call, among others, an expert witness who specializes in false confessions.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • On the other hand, detective Paul Johnson, who wrung out false confessions from the four boys, never expresses any remorse.
    — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of confessions
Noun
  • Their friends support them through the challenges of young love, and many make their own self-discoveries about gender and sexuality along the way.
    — Carrie Grant, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
Definition of self-discoveries
Noun
  • The city, county and state issued local emergency declarations in the days following the blaze.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Trump frequently uses his company’s platform to announce policy decisions, executive orders, personnel changes and war declarations.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of declarations
Noun
  • Identity shifts are common as work defines many, requiring time to build new self-perceptions.
    — Andrew Rosen, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of self-perceptions
Noun
  • The statement wouldn’t be so condescendingly winking if the theorist’s contributions to their field weren’t drawn, word for word, from the academic work of the late Lauren Berlant, the first person thanked in the book’s acknowledgments.
    — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • He’s quoted in the book extensively, but according to the acknowledgements did not consent to an interview.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of acknowledgments
Noun
  • Most have found their way, educated themselves, and shaken off horrible memories, negative self-images, and bad relationships that happened for the wrong reasons.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Feb. 2026
Definition of self-images
Noun
  • Chiappini also read aloud notes found on the phone referencing Clancy’s struggles and seeming personal affirmations.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Eating disorders, as those in recovery have stressed, thrive on the pathological evidence of their symptoms, spinning negative attention—concern, disgust—into fatal affirmations.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of affirmations
Noun
  • The store also hosts meditations, sound baths, tarot readings and massages to help bring mind and body into balance.
    — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Encounters with shifting coastlines, towering redwoods, and mycelial networks spark meditations on inheritance, resilience, and the work of remaking a life.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of meditations
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“Self-revelations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelations. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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