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单词 self-revelation
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self-revelationn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfrɛvəˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˌrɛvəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, revelation n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + revelation n.
The action or an act of revealing oneself; the fact of something revealing itself; spec. (a) God's revelation of himself to humankind; (b) disclosure or revelation of one's private thoughts, feelings, motives, etc.; an instance of this.rare before 19th cent.
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self-revelation1651
self-revealing1803
self-disclosure1826
self-revealment1854
1651 R. Baxter Additions to Saints Everlasting Rest Pref. sig. dd2v If I believe it [sc. Scipture] to be of God, because it revealeth it self to be so..then this self-Revelation is..to be discerned by Reason.
1827 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 17 Mar. 175/3 On the recent self-revelation of the great unknown:—The author of Waverley, manifest grown, Is henceforth not even a little unknown.
1842 J. E. Ryland tr. A. Neander Hist. Planting & Training Christian Church II. vi. i. 104 The self-revelation of God in creation.
1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. III. 51 The self-revelations I have deemed essential to my life-story.
1922 N.Y. Times 24 Sept. vii. 6/1 A shy, sensitive soul,..shrinking from the confidences and self-revelations which alone make..companionship possible.
1979 B. Hebblethwaite in M. Goulder Incarnation & Myth iv. 93 His spiritual and sacramental presence and activity, by means of which God's personal self-revelation in Jesus is universalized.
2009 Independent 6 Nov. (Arts & Bks. section) 5/2 The cancer disburdened him of many of his inhibitions about self-revelation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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