self-revelation

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Recent Examples of self-revelation The parallels here are unsubtle, but Falconer’s delicate and impressively assured direction smoothes them into something honest, so that even the moments that might seem obvious to us roil with self-revelation. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 30 Jan. 2025 Like Ito, Miller’s narrative finds a galvanizing energy in self-revelation. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024 Not many of your future gigs are going to involve world-class talents, caught in the preternatural bloom of youth, who happen to be equally, proficiently gifted in the areas of singing, songcraft, self-revelation and the fine art of rocking out. Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024 He’s been on a trajectory of just that, self-revelation, and investing in himself. Angel Diaz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 Our nomadic protagonist doesn’t get very far in terms of distance, but his Jersey adventure yields self-revelations and transcendent encounters. Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024 Critics favorably compared Julius, Cole’s Afropolitan Gen X Hamlet, to the narrators of W. G. Sebald, and identified his opacity as a rejection of the self-revelation expected from immigrant narratives. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023 Between wanderlust and self-revelation, Nikki confronts unexpected twists and turns, from launching the first feminist travel publication, Unearth Women, to investigating a mysterious family murder in Colombia, to navigating new love and sordid affairs. Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023 Credit Lions for Lambs with reminding us that self-revelation has disappeared from our contemporary gaslighting culture, even though that’s what movie stars of Redford’s, Cruise’s, and Streep’s stature are supposed to do. Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelation
Noun
  • This is the central confession of our faith: Jesus has died, and Jesus is alive.
    Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Executed on Halloween Night After Stumpp's confession, he was executed on Halloween night, Oct. 31, 1589.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This advancement would offer everyone a convenient and noninvasive way to stay informed and proactively manage their own health, beginning a new era of human self-knowledge.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Breillat’s films depict the lives of women who lack full self-knowledge—who become, for one reason or another, briefly or for extended periods, strangers to themselves.
    Victoria Uren, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • These songs act as cognitive time capsules, evoking moments of heartbreak, discovery, and self-realization.
    Diana Spehar, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Rothwell, who created and stars in the Hulu series, understood the need for a coming-of-age story about celebrating oneself at all parts of the journey, no matter how turbulent the road to self-realization is.
    Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Ferro said there has been no acknowledgment by the Trump administration of Edmundo Gonzalez — who is considered by most Western countries to have defeated Maduro in the July 2024 presidential election — or of opposition leader María Corina Machado.
    Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The executive order provides for full reinstatement, back pay, and an official acknowledgment of service for those affected.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This lunation will shine a light on your expansive ninth house of self-discovery, higher education and long-distance connections.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • The concept puts the awe-inspiring acrobatics the brand is known for on ice while telling a story of self-discovery.
    Justin L. Mack, Axios, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Museum admission is $8, $6 children, free for children under 6. marktwainhouse.org.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Juniors ages 17 and under will be granted complimentary gallery admission for any day of the event by visiting the onsite ticket office with a ticketed or credentialed adult.
    Todd Abeln, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Psychedelics and Personal Growth Beyond their therapeutic applications, psychedelics are also gaining recognition as tools for personal growth, self-exploration, and spiritual development.
    Matt Rozo, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The entirety of the album is a self-exploration for Carroll.
    Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This self-betrayal reduces your ability to engage in an unself-conscious, fully authentic way.
    Liz Kislik, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Combatting machine mindset begins with ending self-betrayal and honoring your intuition and your needs as a human being.
    Amanda Miller Littlejohn, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

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“Self-revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelation. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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