revelational
- adjective
- /ˌrɛvɪˈleɪʃənl/
- The author's revelational insights about societal issues sparked a lively discussion among the readers.
Examples
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I'd like to demonstrate one which I think you'll find revelational.
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The revelational question is not solely epistemological.
Academic text (1992) -
I would also say that experience is the best available noun in United States English to follow the words revelational or revelatory.
Academic text (1992) -
Machiavelli's method, evidently, worked, but at the cost of the rational and revelational virtues.
Academic text (1996) -
Even with the revelational possibility of repentance, he did not see many evident signs that this repentance was a popular or frequent activity among sinful people.
Academic text (1996) -
Reading the report was revelational, providing us with important facts we had previously overlooked.
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Her revelational discoveries in science revealed new methods for combating climate change.
Synonyms
Showing information or parts that were hidden before
Helps you understand something in a new, clearer way
Showing facts people did not know before
Sudden moment when you understand something clearly
Tends to reveal information
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
revelational = revelation (semi-transparent) = reveal + ation + al
The word is built transparently from 'revelation' + '-al', but this sense is a slightly extended and specialized use meaning 'bringing to light'.
Etymology
Revelational comes from the verb reveal, which comes from the idea of taking off a veil and making something 'visible'. So a revelational report or comment is one that brings hidden facts into the light.