revelatory
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Definition
Adjective: 1. Prophetic or foretelling: Serving to reveal or disclose something, often of a profound, fateful, or divine nature. It can describe something that acts as a prophecy or omen. 2. Clearly revealing or indicative: (Usually followed by the preposition 'of') Clearly pointing out, showing, or making something evident. It describes actions, evidence, or statements that clearly reveal a particular quality, fact, or state.
Usage Examples
- Prophetic sense:
- The ancient text contained revelatory visions of the future.
- Her dream was strangely revelatory, seeming to predict the coming crisis.
- Indicative sense (followed by 'of'):
- His nervous silence was revelatory of his guilt.
- The document is revelatory of the company's true financial state.
Advanced Usage
- "revelatory of": This is the standard construction when the adjective means "indicative of" or "serving to reveal." The preposition 'of' introduces what is being revealed.
- The interview was deeply revelatory of the artist's creative process.
- Used to describe a moment of sudden, profound understanding or disclosure.
- The biography provided a revelatory insight into the leader's early life.
Variants and Related Words
- Revelation (noun): A surprising and previously unknown fact that is made known; the divine or supernatural disclosure of knowledge.
- The biography contained several shocking revelations.
- Reveal (verb): To make previously unknown or secret information known.
- The investigation will reveal the truth.
Synonyms
- Prophetic: Foretelling future events.
- Indicative: Serving as a sign or suggestion of something.
- Disclosure: The action of making new or secret information known.
- Illuminating: Helping to clarify or explain.
Antonyms
- Concealing: Keeping something secret or hidden.
- Obscure: Not clearly expressed or easily understood; keeping from being seen.
- Unrevealing: Not providing any interesting or significant information.
Related Phrases and Constructions
- In a revelatory manner (adverbial phrase): Done in a way that reveals something clearly.
- She spoke in a revelatory manner about the challenges she faced.
- A revelatory experience: An experience that leads to a significant new understanding.
- Traveling alone was a revelatory experience for him.
Adjective
- prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
- (usually followed by `of') pointing out or revealing clearly
- actions indicative of fear