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

Almost as soon as she opens the door to that one-room Midtown apartment, she slams it shut: “The prerogative of cowardly withholding is precious to the most apparently self-revealing of writers. I apologetically exercise it here.”

From Washington Post

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Seattle Times

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