unfoldment

Process of becoming

Unfoldment is a gradual process of development, revelation, or coming into being—the noun form of unfold.

The word appears most often in spiritual or self-help contexts, describing personal growth or the emergence of understanding: the unfoldment of consciousness, spiritual unfoldment.

Outside these registers, development or unfolding is more common.

spiritual

awakening

Return to consciousness

inner growth · divine revelation · transcendence · kundalini · illumination · expansion · blossoming · flowering · emergence · manifestation

developmental

progression

Sequential forward movement

ripening · germination · sprouting · elaboration · cultivation · nurturing · enrichment · refinement · stages · phases

revelatory

disclosure

Act of revealing information

exposure · uncovering · manifestation · dawning · emergence · coming to light · revelation · making known · unraveling · opening up

Opposites
process temporality

unfoldmenteruption

Violent sudden release

explosion · flash · burst · spontaneous generation · snap

developmental direction

unfoldmentconcealment

Act of hiding something

enfolding · contraction · regression · withering · closing

state vs. process

unfoldmentstasis

State of inactivity

stagnation · fixity · dormancy · inertia · standstill

Family

fold, unfold, folder, folding, folded, unfolding, unfolded, enfold, enfolded

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