revealingness

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /rɪˈvilɪŋnəs/ UK /rɪˈviːlɪŋnəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of disclosing or making something evident

The revealingness of her diary surprised even her closest friends.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of disclosing... disclosureexplicitnesscandidness

Opposites

concealment

Word family

Related forms reveal revealing revelation veil

Etymology

From revealing (present participle of reveal) + -ness. Reveal derives from Old French reveler, from Latin revelare ('to unveil'), from re- ('back, opposite') + velare ('to cover, veil'), from velum ('veil').

revelare Latin velum Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# revealingness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈvilɪŋnəs/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈviːlɪŋnəs/

## Meanings
1. the quality of disclosing or making something evident

## Examples
- The revealingness of her diary surprised even her closest friends.

## Synonyms
- disclosure
- explicitness
- candidness

## Antonyms
- concealment

## Related Forms
- reveal
- revealing
- revelation
- veil

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: revelare
- Root: velum

## Etymology
From revealing (present participle of reveal) + -ness. Reveal derives from Old French reveler, from Latin revelare ('to unveil'), from re- ('back, opposite') + velare ('to cover, veil'), from velum ('veil').

## AI Etymology
Revealingness comes from revealing (present participle of reveal) + -ness. Reveal derives from Old French reveler, from Latin revelare ('to unveil'), from re- ('back, opposite') + velare ('to cover, veil'), from velum ('veil'). The historical chain includes Latin revelare and Latin velum. The quoted older senses, "to unveil", "back, opposite", "to cover, veil", and "veil", supply the semantic anchors for revealingness. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, participial, and borrowed: the word revealingness carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the quality of disclosing or making something evident". Related English forms include reveal, revealing, revelation, and veil. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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