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as in self-knowledge
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Recent Examples of self-revelation
There are indeed threads of entertainment, insight, and self-revelation on our own life miscues resonant in the show.
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Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Her most captivating scene is an unexpected moment of self-revelation that’s best kept under wraps.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
What self-revelation occurred was not done casually.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
We’re introduced to a contented and excited Clémence who seems in the wake of major self-revelation.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2025
This is your invitation to realize how your self-disclosure leads to self-revelation.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 15 May 2025
Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Her most captivating scene is an unexpected moment of self-revelation that’s best kept under wraps.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Mar. 2026
What self-revelation occurred was not done casually.
—Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Later in her speech, Paulson noted a self-revelation about Roberts, 58.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025
Michèle comes across as a singular and powerful personality, with something of Akerman’s own trenchant intellect, assertive candor, and vulnerable self-revelation.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
We’re introduced to a contented and excited Clémence who seems in the wake of major self-revelation.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2025
This is your invitation to realize how your self-disclosure leads to self-revelation.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 15 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-revelation
- confession
- self-knowledge
- acknowledgment
- self-realization
- self-accusation
- self-discovery
- admission
- self-actualization
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Vulnerability can humanize, and confession can soften certainty.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Day's lawyers say CPD officers beat him into a false confession for murder and armed robbery in 1991.—
Sara Tenenbaum,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
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Now even casual drinkers seem to be on a journey of sorts—if not toward sobriety, then toward some kind of self-knowledge.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The link between self-knowledge and friendship was key for Aristotle, too, more than 2,000 years ago.—
Ross Channing Reed,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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No explanation, no farewell episode, no acknowledgment that a human being had just evaporated from the cast.—
Benjamin Svetkey,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2026
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Two caveats deserve brief, honest acknowledgment.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Post vague quotes about self-realization that are universal but ultimately mean nothing.—
Emily Menez,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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His experiment in self-realization put him in a long line of spiritual seekers, and like innumerable young persons in every generation, he was actively engaged in evolving a design for living, drawing from sources near to and farther from home.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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This element of self-accusation is what makes an apocalypse story distinctively modern.—
Adam Kirsch,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Named by her new owner, Silvia after a Mexican pop star whose 1980s hits ricochet from a rickety TV, Yuri upends Silvia’s solitary existence on a windswept island off the southern coast of Chile, setting the protagonist on a journey of self-discovery that forces her to confront childhood traumas.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
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Italy is frequently associated with post-breakup and self-discovery travel, popularized by films including Under the Tuscan Sun and Eat Pray Love.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2026
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Colleges with nearly identical acceptance rates can give an individual student vastly different odds of admission.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Ingram denies any wrongdoing and says the settlement included no admission of liability or fault.—
Chadd Cripe. Produced with AI assistance,
Idaho Statesman,
22 May 2026
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The adaptation stars Ella Bruccoleri as the eponymous Mary, who goes on a voyage of self-actualization in London.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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His sociopathy is the logical extension of a homicidal ethos of self-actualization, self-realization, and self-care.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Self-revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-revelation. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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