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as in confession
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as in self-knowledge
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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.
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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
Not many of your future gigs are going to involve world-class talents, caught in the preternatural bloom of youth, who happen to be equally, proficiently gifted in the areas of singing, songcraft, self-revelation and the fine art of rocking out.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
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
Not many of your future gigs are going to involve world-class talents, caught in the preternatural bloom of youth, who happen to be equally, proficiently gifted in the areas of singing, songcraft, self-revelation and the fine art of rocking out.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelation
- confession
- self-knowledge
- self-realization
- acknowledgment
- self-discovery
- admission
- self-exploration
- self-betrayal
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That is, the rule that when a priest hears a confession, it cannot be shared.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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Many have since speculated that Kim created it in her efforts to blackmail Lee, and that the police later leaked it to pressure him into a confession.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
21 May 2025
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The Foundling’s own archives at the New York Historical hold evidence of how the organization’s practices, which cut children off from basic forms of self-knowledge and from the possibility of ever reconnecting with their birth families, caused lifelong suffering for some baby train riders.—
Time,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Her newest book is for those who feel like something is missing in life, are desperate for change, and want to get unstuck to experience joy, vulnerability, and self-knowledge.—
Dominique Fluker,
Essence,
25 Apr. 2025
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But the director maintains a strong level of realistic tension, sticking to Camille’s side as the boy takes plenty of blows but dishes out plenty as well, jabbing his way towards a form of self-realization.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2025
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With suspense and self-realizations, this book will have readers lose track of time and space.—
Sixteen Ramos,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Lori Quigley, whose mother attended the school for 10 years, expected more than just an acknowledgment and a mea culpa.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
20 May 2025
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Eighty years since the end of World War II, Amsterdam’s mayor apologized for the city’s role in the persecution of its Jewish residents during the Holocaust, in a rare acknowledgment of a collective moral failure by a city leader.—
Mujib Mashal,
New York Times,
18 May 2025
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Then comes a wave of clarity with the sun, Mercury and Jupiter in Cancer, activating your expansive ninth house of wisdom and self-discovery.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 June 2025
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In one Newsweek article, a solo female traveler recounted how a trip to Naples, Italy, that was intended to be a journey of self-discovery turned into a spontaneous celebration after meeting a 73-year-old woman who invited her to a local village wedding.—
Darlin Tillery,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
Noun
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The bandmembers, by their own admission, have focused heavily on group activities until now, even though several of them have also put out solo releases over the past decade.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2025
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Hernandez was in the U.S. without admission or parole.—
Landon Mion , Brooke Taylor,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2025
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Mariah, an energetic publicity executive in Oregon also described herself as an introverted extrovert, had a passion for self-exploration and chose work different from everyone else in her family.—
Jessie Rosen,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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Overall, Gemini Near Me’s goal is to empower users to become the best version of themselves by diving into self-exploration and embarking on a fascinating self-work journey—made possible by a plethora of interactive features.—
Emma Kershaw,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But when devotion is self-betrayal, what then? • When devotion is self-betrayal, the body knows.—
Patrycja Humienik,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.—
Liz Kislik,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Self-revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelation. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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