self-criticism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪtəˌsɪzəm/ (US)
- [ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪɾəˌsɪzəm] (US)
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English criticism English self-criticism From self- + criticism.
Meanings
- (uncountable, usually) Criticism of oneself.
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(uncountable, usually) A practice of confessing and criticizing one's real or imagined transgressions in public settings, especially in East Asia.
[…] commit self-criticism and allow other people to criticize him. If we do all these things, then there is hope and there is a future for Marxism. The most important thing is consistency. If you make a promise you must keep it[…]
1991, Edward A. Gargan, China's Fate: A People's Turbulent Struggle with Reform and Repression, 1980-1990, Doubleday Books:This is starting to resemble (in a much lower-stakes field, it cannot be said often enough) some Union of Soviet Cinematographers self-criticism sessions for artists whose work was considered “bourgeois formalism” or whatever made Stalin’s colon clench that week.
2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| self-criticisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (28)
be самакры́тыка (criticism of oneself) · az özünütənqid (criticism of oneself) · cs sebekritika (criticism of oneself) · uk самокри́тика (criticism of oneself) · fr autocritique (criticism of oneself) · sk sebakritika (criticism of oneself) · ka თვითკრიტიკა (criticism of oneself) · cmn 檢討 /检讨 (criticism of oneself) · ca autocrítica (criticism of oneself) · fi itsekritiikki (criticism of oneself) · ja 自己批判 (criticism of oneself) · pt autocrítica (criticism of oneself) · lv paškritika (criticism of oneself) · et enesekriitika (criticism of oneself) · lt savikritika (criticism of oneself) · bg самокри́тика (criticism of oneself) · hu önkritika (criticism of oneself) · pl samokrytyka (criticism of oneself) · pl autokrytyka (criticism of oneself) · cmn 自我批評 /自我批评 (criticism of oneself) · ro autocritică (criticism of oneself) · ru самокри́тика (criticism of oneself) · es autocrítica (criticism of oneself) · sv självkritik (criticism of oneself) · tr öz eleştiri (criticism of oneself) · el αυτοκριτική (criticism of oneself) · de Selbstkritik (criticism of oneself) · nb selvkritikk (criticism of oneself)