revelatory
adjective
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Pronunciation: [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi] / [ɹɛvəˈlejtəɹi] / [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi]
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelat(e) + -ory.
- Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation.
“Near-synonym: revealing”
“I first sipped an El Presidente fifteen years ago, in Havana, at a sidewalk café across from a vendor selling postcards of Che Guevara. It was revelatory.”
- Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.