self-revealing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of self-revealing
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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We believe fox8 was only the tip of the iceberg because better coders can filter out self-revealing posts or use open-source AI models fine-tuned to remove ethical guardrails.
From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026
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 result is an unusually self-revealing show, especially when you factor in the 16 de Kooning catalogs vandalized into hybrid collaborations; the fictive, mad-bibliophile library; and a catalog to die for.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2018
And without being over self-indulgent but bravely self-revealing, so it is.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2017
But that she swiftly stifled into a less self-revealing demeanor as she demanded with recovered dignity, "What are you doing here?"
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
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