单词 | revelatory |
释义 | revelatory (once / 44102 pages) adj Anything revelatory reveals something you've never seen or realized before. A revelatory article in a tabloid paper might give you the scoop about a celebrity's (previously) private life. A revelatory artwork might show you something in a completely new light, like a giant art installation that incorporates the natural landscape around it, or a piece of music that stirs a deep feeling of nostalgia or sadness when you listen to it. People often describe religious experiences as revelatory, and early uses of revelation were also religious, meaning "disclosure of information from a divine source." The Latin root is revelare, "uncover or lay bare." WORD FAMILYreveal: revealed, revealing, reveals, revelation, revelatory+/revealed: unrevealed/revealing: revealingly, revealings/revelation: revelations USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a spectacular exposé on masculine ego and power — even more revelatory than the “Access Hollywood” video of Trump boasting about predatory behavior. Los Angeles Times(Dec 19, 2016) Bernstein’s first three musicals got revelatory symphonic treatments thanks to illuminating conducting in semi-staged performances. Los Angeles Times(Dec 15, 2016) And the poems in Vievee Francis’s haunting collection “Forest Primeval” are discreet yet revelatory, irresolute yet decisive, distressed yet serene. The New Yorker(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly Syn indicative, indicatory, significative, suggestive revealing showing or making known 2adj prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom Syn apocalyptic, apocalyptical prophetic, prophetical foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention |
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