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单词 self-revelatory
释义

self-revelatoryadj.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfrɛvəˈleɪt(ə)ri/, /ˌsɛlfˈrɛvələt(ə)ri/, /ˌsɛlfˈrɛvl̩ət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈrɛvələˌtɔri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, revelatory adj.
Etymology: < self- prefix + revelatory adj., after self-revelation n. Compare earlier self-revealing adj.
Serving to reveal one's true character, feelings, motives, etc.; self-revealing.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [adjective] > self-revealing
self-revealing1654
self-revelatory1884
self-revelative1888
1884 Sunday Sentinel (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) 26 Oct. 10/4 I wish to speak of two evidences..which seem to me to be self-revelatory of a divinity which is the very essence of the Bible.
1939 Soc. Forces 17 503/2 These expressions are so self-revelatory that further comment is unnecessary.
1980 I. D. Yalom Existential Psychotherapy iv. 135 A book..in which I had been highly self-revelatory about my own anxieties and limitations.
2008 Newsweek (Nexis) 28 July 47 Poetry is, of course, the most self-revelatory of arts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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