con·fes·sion·al
kən-ˈfesh-nəl 
-ˈfe-shə-nᵊl
1
: a place where a priest hears confessions
2
: the practice of confessing to a priest
1
: of, relating to, or being a confession especially of faith
2
a
: intimately autobiographical
confessional fiction
b
: characterized by unguarded openness or self-revelation
We live in a confessional culture, provoked by social media and the internet and the warmth of the human impulse to share and … commiserate.—
Megan Garber
Megan GarberExamples of confessional in a Sentence
Adjective
confessional interviews of famous actors
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Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
Boone and Roan’s entries are also the sort of pop confessionals that voters prize here, and both have a bit of that retro sound that the Academy rewards.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The song feels like the confessional early raps of West, who’d deliver street parables on everything from love, shopping, and religion.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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Noun
John, who so far has only appeared a handful of times in camera confessionals, has arrived in a black SUV.
—Peter Larsen, Orange County Register, 1 Nov. 2024
Boone and Roan’s entries are also the sort of pop confessionals that voters prize here, and both have a bit of that retro sound that the Academy rewards.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Created by France in the aftermath of World War I as a safe haven for Christians, Druze, and other religious minorities, Lebanon long relied on a careful confessional balance.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
The song feels like the confessional early raps of West, who’d deliver street parables on everything from love, shopping, and religion.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Confessional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confessional. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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