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revelatory

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi] / [ɹɛvəˈlejtəɹi] / [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi]

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelat(e) + -ory.

  1. 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.

  2. Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
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