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self-revealing

American

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

Also self-revelatory

adjective

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

an embarrassingly self-revealing autobiography.

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

“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

Underpinned by an intimate, self-revealing aesthetic, she fluidly navigates from sweaty group class to phone screen to ambitious project — dance is her public palliative for physical and emotional upheaval.

From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022

Very abruptly she wheeled, showing him a face transformed and self-revealing.

From The Tyranny of Weakness by Stahr, Paul

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