self-revelation
noun
self-rev·e·la·tion
ˌself-ˌre-və-ˈlā-shən 
: revelation of one's own thoughts, feelings, and attitudes especially without deliberate intent
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Like Ito, Miller’s narrative finds a galvanizing energy in self-revelation.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Not many of your future gigs are going to involve world-class talents, caught in the preternatural bloom of youth, who happen to be equally, proficiently gifted in the areas of singing, songcraft, self-revelation and the fine art of rocking out.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
He’s been on a trajectory of just that, self-revelation, and investing in himself.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Our nomadic protagonist doesn’t get very far in terms of distance, but his Jersey adventure yields self-revelations and transcendent encounters.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
Critics favorably compared Julius, Cole’s Afropolitan Gen X Hamlet, to the narrators of W. G. Sebald, and identified his opacity as a rejection of the self-revelation expected from immigrant narratives.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Between wanderlust and self-revelation, Nikki confronts unexpected twists and turns, from launching the first feminist travel publication, Unearth Women, to investigating a mysterious family murder in Colombia, to navigating new love and sordid affairs.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
Credit Lions for Lambs with reminding us that self-revelation has disappeared from our contemporary gaslighting culture, even though that’s what movie stars of Redford’s, Cruise’s, and Streep’s stature are supposed to do.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
This is a novel, above all, for readers drawn to considering language itself as a source of self-revelation.
—Idra Novey, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
Not many of your future gigs are going to involve world-class talents, caught in the preternatural bloom of youth, who happen to be equally, proficiently gifted in the areas of singing, songcraft, self-revelation and the fine art of rocking out.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
He’s been on a trajectory of just that, self-revelation, and investing in himself.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Our nomadic protagonist doesn’t get very far in terms of distance, but his Jersey adventure yields self-revelations and transcendent encounters.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
Critics favorably compared Julius, Cole’s Afropolitan Gen X Hamlet, to the narrators of W. G. Sebald, and identified his opacity as a rejection of the self-revelation expected from immigrant narratives.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Between wanderlust and self-revelation, Nikki confronts unexpected twists and turns, from launching the first feminist travel publication, Unearth Women, to investigating a mysterious family murder in Colombia, to navigating new love and sordid affairs.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023
Credit Lions for Lambs with reminding us that self-revelation has disappeared from our contemporary gaslighting culture, even though that’s what movie stars of Redford’s, Cruise’s, and Streep’s stature are supposed to do.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
This is a novel, above all, for readers drawn to considering language itself as a source of self-revelation.
—Idra Novey, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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