secret diaries
Private written confessions
Secret diaries are private journals kept hidden from others, containing thoughts, experiences, or feelings the writer doesn't want discovered.
The secrecy often intensifies the intimacy of the writing—confessions, desires, grievances meant for no audience.
She kept a secret diary under her mattress.
The phrase evokes adolescence, forbidden knowledge, and the thrill of hidden truth: His secret diaries revealed a double life.
- journalRecord of daily events
- hiddenKept out of sight
- hidden awayStored out of view
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- private thoughtsUnshared mental activity
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secret diariesopen letters
Published appeals to all
public records · newspaper column · public testimony · press release · official record
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