self-revealing

American  

[self-ri-vee-ling, self-] / ˈsɛlf rɪˈvi lɪŋ, ˌsɛlf- /

Also self-revelatory

adjective

1. displaying, exhibiting, or disclosing one's most private feelings, thoughts, etc..

   an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.

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Etymology

Origin of self-revealing

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

Viewers rated the Facebook users on average as having lower self-esteem and being more self-revealing, for example, than the users rated themselves.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

“The prerogative of cowardly withholding is precious to the most apparently self-revealing of writers. I apologetically exercise it here.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Via Zoom sessions, he encourages them to be analytical and self-revealing in their writing.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Moore never directly mentions that moment of dark prescience in “The Terms of My Surrender,” which despite its overly self-revealing title obeys the Broadway dictum to send the audience home feeling good.

From Salon • Aug. 12, 2017

In this story, as in all Mary Shelley's writing, there is much that is autobiographical: it would be hard to find a more self-revealing work.

From Mathilda by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft