self-revealing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of self-revealing
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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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
Wynn’s mission mirrors our technological, gender-restless, self-revealing culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2019
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
And without being over self-indulgent but bravely self-revealing, so it is.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2017
Very abruptly she wheeled, showing him a face transformed and self-revealing.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul
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