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disclosive

disclosive

8.1
Tends to reveal information
  • adjective
  • /dɪsˈkloʊsɪv/
translation icon : revelador
  • The research paper was disclosive, shedding light on previously unknown data.
  • disclosive power

Examples

  • Her disclosive remarks during the interview helped to clarify several misconceptions.

  • The film's disclosive documentary style reveals hidden truths about the subject.

  • Rather, aspects of the divine-human relationship engaged by Benedict are those he regards as most highly disclosive for and of value to his context.

    Academic text (2010)

  • Heidegger really stresses anxiety honest as the the disclosive mood par excellence.

  • The task of the theologian, especially the systematic theologian, is to interpret these classics of a particular tradition in such a way that they become disclosive of truth and transformative of the individual and society.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Second, "all these modes of analysis can be generically labeled 'phenomenological' in the broad sense of mediating the relationship of particular expressions... to our immediate lived experience." Third, when these particular expressions (symbols, images, metaphors, myths, or concepts) have disclosive power for our lived experience, they are said to be meaningful.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

revealing
vsdisclosive
38 4.0

Showing information or parts that were hidden before

tends to make information known without acting directly
telling
vsdisclosive
4.4

Showing something important or having a strong effect

tends to make information known without strong, striking impact

Antonyms

secretive
71 4.9

A person who does not tell others about their plans or feelings

reticent
17 7.9

Not willing to talk about thoughts or feelings easily

How Revealing

revealing
38 4.0
disclosive
8.1
telling
92 2.7
suggestive
18 5.2
reserved
3.7

Surface Forms

disclosive positive

Morphology

disclosive = disclose (semi-transparent) = dis + clos + ive

For learners who know the verb 'disclose', the adjective 'disclosive' is a straightforward and regular '-ive' formation meaning 'tending to disclose'.

Etymology

Disclosive comes from disclose, where dis- means 'apart' and close comes from a root meaning 'to shut', like the everyday word close. So something disclosive 'opens up' or 'shows' what was shut away, and therefore tends to make information known.