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
Helps you understand something in a new, clearer way
Showing information or parts that were hidden before
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.