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

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 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

A brave, self-revealing, real-time history of the mania and despair of a particularly bipolar decade.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2017

This letter of Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas is curiously self-revealing and characteristic.

From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Harris, Frank