self-revealmentn.
/ˌsɛlfrᵻˈviːlm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfrəˈvilm(ə)nt/ 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
1854 J. S. Bigg Night & Soul iii. 53 Books are man's..attempts to speak The meaning of the oracle within: And worlds are God's books... The highest aim of both is self-revealment.
1897 E. Dowden Hist. Fr. Lit. iv. ii. 277 The Esprit des Lois..must always be precious as the self-revealment of a great intellect.
1915 E. Lewis Edward Carpenter ii. 20 Creation..is in the nature of a real self-utterance, a self-revealment.
1992 F. Milani Veils & Words ix. 202 No self-concealment (or self-revealment) can be complete or permanent.
2015 M. Baur in G. W. F. Hegel xv. 215 The horizon..upon which the presencing or the self-revealment of beings is projected in the first place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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