An epiphany is a sudden realization or understanding about something that was previously unclear. It can also refer to an experience of sudden and striking insight, or a moment of revelation.
Usage examples
While walking in the park, Maria had an epiphany about her career path.
After years of struggling, John had an epiphany and realized that he needed to change his lifestyle for better health.
During a brainstorming session, the team had an epiphany and came up with a brilliant solution to the problem.
Sarah was reading a book when she had an epiphany and finally understood the underlying theme.
While traveling to a remote village, Mark had a cultural epiphany and gained a new perspective on life.
After attending a motivational seminar, Laura had an epiphany and decided to quit her job to pursue her passion.
True, the disciples will never manage to figure out for long just who this is that is leading them, despite a fair number of epiphanies of their own. (religion-online.org)
The artist's unmade bed — surrounded by used condoms, stained underwear, cigarette butts and empty vodka bottles — marked a moment of epiphany in Emin's life. (artlyst.com)
I find that sometimes with self - awareness, clients can illuminate the issue, and feel better about it, and have really great epiphanies about how to move forward in their lives and even develop more compassion for ourselves about how we got here. (relationshipcounselingcenter.net)