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epiphany
noun
epiph·a·ny i-ˈpi-fə-nē 
plural epiphanies
1
capitalized : January 6 observed as a church festival in commemoration of the coming of the Magi as the first manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles or in the Eastern Church in commemoration of the baptism of Christ
3
a(1)
: a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something
(2)
: an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event) usually simple and striking
(3)
: an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
b
: a revealing scene or moment
Example Sentences
Invention has its own algorithm: genius, obsession, serendipity, and epiphany in some unknowable combination. 
Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 12 May 2008 One day, a New York composer met an expert on Asian domesticated elephants, and together they reached some sort of freakish epiphany and decided to see if elephants could learn to play music. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2002 One epiphany came when a dozen engineers in northern New Mexico saw a lone, fading Xerox paper carton bobbing in a swamp of old motor oil at the bottom of a pit. Michelle Conlin, Business Week, 1 Nov. 1999 Seeing her father again when she was an adult was an epiphany that changed her whole view of her childhood.
Malcolm Gladwell, New Yorker, 12 May 2008 One day, a New York composer met an expert on Asian domesticated elephants, and together they reached some sort of freakish epiphany and decided to see if elephants could learn to play music. Jon Pareles, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2002 One epiphany came when a dozen engineers in northern New Mexico saw a lone, fading Xerox paper carton bobbing in a swamp of old motor oil at the bottom of a pit. Michelle Conlin, Business Week, 1 Nov. 1999 Seeing her father again when she was an adult was an epiphany that changed her whole view of her childhood. Recent Examples on the Web Before his epiphany: The laundry had been deliberately left to give the impression the apartment was still occupied and so deter thieves. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 If her epiphany is not entirely persuasive, her brio brings us along for the rest of the ride. Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 Captain Gregory lived a dramatic life of high-seas adventure well after his teenage epiphany. Fox News, 3 June 2022 True to his epiphany at Venice Beach, Turner has sourced water from the coast of Virginia, where the first slave ship landed in 1619, and from Alabama, where the remains of the Clotilda, the last slave ship, were discovered along the Mobile River. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2022 His epiphany came at a New Year’s Eve party the same year, when a friend of his parents showed him how to use a basic reel-to-reel tape recorder. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022 Evans had a personal epiphany about a filmmaker’s responsibility for the safety of others while shooting the short’s lunar-surface scenes. Tara Mcnamara, Variety, 17 June 2022 Early in the first half, coach Gregg Popovich had an epiphany about an instant roster upgrade. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022 By 2013, Finkelstein had an epiphany: the face of the enemy should be George Soros. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 See More
New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 If her epiphany is not entirely persuasive, her brio brings us along for the rest of the ride. Hamilton Cain, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 Captain Gregory lived a dramatic life of high-seas adventure well after his teenage epiphany. Fox News, 3 June 2022 True to his epiphany at Venice Beach, Turner has sourced water from the coast of Virginia, where the first slave ship landed in 1619, and from Alabama, where the remains of the Clotilda, the last slave ship, were discovered along the Mobile River. Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2022 His epiphany came at a New Year’s Eve party the same year, when a friend of his parents showed him how to use a basic reel-to-reel tape recorder. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022 Evans had a personal epiphany about a filmmaker’s responsibility for the safety of others while shooting the short’s lunar-surface scenes. Tara Mcnamara, Variety, 17 June 2022 Early in the first half, coach Gregg Popovich had an epiphany about an instant roster upgrade. Jeff Mcdonald, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2022 By 2013, Finkelstein had an epiphany: the face of the enemy should be George Soros. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English Epiphanie, borrowed from Anglo-French Epiphane, Epiphanie, borrowed from Late Latin epiphanīa, epiphania "appearance, manifestation, Christ's first manifestation (to the Gentiles in Western tradition)," borrowed from Late Greek epipháneia "appearance, manifestation (of God in the Old Testament, of Christ's first coming or of the Second Coming)," going back to Greek, "appearance, coming into view, manifestation (of a deity to a worshipper), Christ's coming (in the New Testament), visible surface, outward show, fame," noun derivative of epiphanḗs "coming into view, appearing, manifest, evident," adjective derivative from the stem of epiphaínein "to show, display," mediopassive epiphaínesthai "to come into view, be manifested, appear on the the service," from epi- epi- + phaínein "to bring to light, cause to appear," phaínesthai "to become visible, appear" — more at fantasy entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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