self-revelation

[self-rev-uh-ley-shuhn, self-]

noun

1. disclosure of one's private feelings, thoughts, etc., especially when unintentional.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-revelation¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The looping refrain “hello, it’s me” haunts and hums scantily and seductively behind a manic pulsing beat and harrowing strings, until the final movement in the song punches rapid-fire as if knocking out an opponent with self-revelation.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s kind of like you just have an ideal scenario for self-revelation as it relates to societal injustice or something.

From Los Angeles Times

Lewis: This season, she’s predominantly made up of shame, guilt, denial and then a fierce and ignited purpose of seeking redemption, or self-revelation.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Clines once wrote a column on Seamus Heaney, the Irish poet, that might have been a kind of self-revelation, saying: “He fights to keep things basic, to remind himself of the simple wisdom of Finn MacCool, Ireland’s mythic national hero, that the best music in the world is the music of what happens. In his ‘Elegy,’ dedicated to Lowell, Heaney reminded himself:

From New York Times

Instead, he expands literary tradition so that new political ideas, self-revelation and play can thrive.

From New York Times