self-revealingn.
/ˌsɛlfrᵻˈviːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈvilɪŋ/ The action or an act of revealing oneself; the fact of something revealing itself; = self-revelation n.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > self-revelation
self-revelation1651
self-revealing1803
self-disclosure1826
self-revealment1854
1803 W. O. Pughe Geiriadur Cynmraeg a Saesoneg: Welsh & Eng. Dict. II Ymatguz, a self-revealing.
1840 New-Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 31 Oct. Friendship..Far above each other feeling, Love, unmixed with self-revealing.
1880 Bibliotheca Sacra 37 616 Before the self-revelation began, he was; should this self-revealing terminate its process, he would be.
1908 Outlook 10 Oct. 462/1 Seeing all its strange beauty and listening to its mysterious self-revealing.
1969 Art Internat. 20 Feb. 36/2 The focus is..not on some expressionistic self-revealing of the maker.
2014 K. Diller Theology's Epistemological Dilemma vi. 169 Knowledge of God is the free gift of God's self-revealing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
self-revealingadj.
/ˌsɛlfrᵻˈviːlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈvilɪŋ/ Characterized by, involving, or engaging in self-revelation; esp. (of something that one writes, says, or does) that reveals one's true character, feelings, motives, etc.rare before 19th cent.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] > self-revealing
self-revealing1654
self-revelatory1884
self-revelative1888
1654 R. Baxter Apol. against T. Blake & G. Kendall 153 The convincing self-revealing nature of Light.
1812 Lit. Panorama Nov. 782 The splendor attendant on the self-revealing deity.
1868 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 8 Apr. Nothing is more self-revealing than language, and nothing a truer index to the interior reality of the soul.
1907 W. H. Hadow Shakespeare's Sonnets Introd. p. xi Of all poetic forms the lyric..is the most self-revealing.
1977 Frontiers 2 8 Since we are asking a stranger to be self-revealing, we, in turn, must be willing to divulge information about ourselves.
1994 C. O'Regan Heterodox Hegel ii. 118 If Eckhart espouses the hidden God, Boehme espouses the mystery of the self-revealing God.
2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Mar. 22/1 A satirist's instincts for the telling detail, the self-revealing comment or gesture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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