A person who can only grasp a tiny flicker of brilliance because they refuse to allow truth to enter their mind, and believing they are enlightened, must turn to fanatacism for comfort and praise.
Guy 1: "I had an epiphany this morning about my friend."
Guy 2: "Really? what was that?"
Guy 1: "I realized that he is crazy because what he says irritates me."
Guy 2: "How's that?"
Guy 1: "Because, everyone who ever said something I didn't like, was crazy"
Guy 2: "No, you probably just didn't understand it because you are epiphanatical"
When you have a staggering revelation that's doesn't really impact anyone but you. It's sorta like an epiphany - but much, much smaller. It is to an epiphany what a kitchenette is to a kitchen.
Fee awoke from a dream, and in the moments before normal life returned she was struck by an epiphanette :
She should totally go blonde for the summer.Totally.
Origins
epiphany: Middle English epiphanie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin epiphania, from Late Greek, plural, probably alteration of Greek epiphaneia appearance, manifestation.
amnesia: New Latin, from Greek amnēsia forgetfulness, alteration of amnēstia
Norman was stricken by epiphanesia immediately after his sudden and inexplicable insight into how he became a graphic designer leaving him unable to explain it or even remember why he wanted to know.