epiphany
noun
a Christian festival, observed on January 6, commemorating the manifestation of Christ to the gentiles in the persons of the Magi; Twelfth-day.
epiphanic
-
a word derived from
epiphany.
Example Sentences
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Afghanistan’s internecine bloodshed has an epiphanic effect on the author: “When death stalks every door,” she writes in a burst of originality, “the only antidote is to live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
It felt as though the preceding 60 minutes had been building to this pure, epiphanic point, turning an ending into another beginning.
From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
And her epiphanic declaration of independence from the royal family is depicted as her decision to wear better clothes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021
Against all odds, India steered herself to an epiphanic victory against hunger.
From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2021
An "epiphanic moment” occurred when he read that Cook and Borah had "uncovered” the existence of eight million people in Hispaniola.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
