revelatory
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7.3
- adjective
- /ˈrɛvələtɔri/
:
revelador
- The documentary was revelatory, shedding light on aspects of history that many people were unaware of.
- revelatory power
- revelatory experience
- revelatory text
And there was, there was nothing revelatory or sensational.
- And there was, there was nothing revelatory or sensational.
- And this is kind of a revelatory incident.
- It's the journey that is so beautiful and revelatory of human potential.
- For me, when I read that as a kid, it was revelatory because it was new Star Wars stuff.
- He made working the most glorious, inspiring, revelatory time.
- I'm telling you now, Sean Wayne and gave us the most moving and revelatory interview.
- And there's there's two sections that I think are particularly interesting and revelatory of this right.
- The new Gnosticism, like all the old Gnosticisms, avails hidden instructions of deep revelatory insight.
- For the reason this revelatory spirit could also be the devil leading you astray.
- And if the Large Hadron Collider can make black holes, I mean, that would be huge and revelatory for lots and lots of reasons.
- Yeah, No, it's, and it's often what deters people from spirituality because it's so much of A revelatory journey.
Examples
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Her speech was revelatory and helped everyone understand the complexities of the issue.
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The classroom space becomes electrically charged: intimate, angry, revelatory, even radical.
Academic text (2011) -
It's the journey that is so beautiful and revelatory of human potential.
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Taking personal responsibility for your situation can be revelatory, useful, everything these women want it to be.
Academic text (1997) -
For me, when I read that as a kid, it was revelatory because it was new Star Wars stuff.
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I have to say, when I read about this, Danny, this felt really not only revelatory but relevant.
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For some people who witnessed the scene or read about it later, it was revelatory.
Academic text (2005) -
Yet the strength of literature from around the globe often lies in its revelatory local details.
Fiction book (2000) -
Still, the experience of pregnancy is unique and revelatory, for "In the pregnant body, the self and the other coexist.
Academic text (2002) -
And if the Large Hadron Collider can make black holes, I mean, that would be huge and revelatory for lots and lots of reasons.
Synonyms
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4.5
Helps you understand something in a new, clearer way
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4.0
Showing information or parts that were hidden before
Making new important facts known about people or groups
Tends to reveal information
How Revealing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Revelatory comes from the verb reveal, and from Latin parts re- ('again' or 'back') and velare ('to veil' or 'cover'), so it originally meant to 'take off a veil' and show what was hidden. So, something revelatory uncovers new facts or ideas and makes them clear.