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self-deprecation en · NOUN

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 deprecation English self-deprecation From self- + deprecation.

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:Originally proscribed, uncountable) The disparagement of one's own self.

Forms

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Relateds

self-deprecating · self-mockery

Translations (16)

mk самоомаловажување (disparaging view of oneself) · it autoironia (disparaging view of oneself) · sv självironi (disparaging view of oneself) · es autoironía (disparaging view of oneself) · de Selbstironie (disparaging view of oneself) · fr autodérision (disparaging view of oneself) · ro autoironie (disparaging view of oneself) · pt autoderisão (disparaging view of oneself) · pl autoironia (disparaging view of oneself) · nl zelfspot (disparaging view of oneself) · pt autoironia (disparaging view of oneself) · es autodesprecio (disparaging view of oneself) · de Selbstzerfleischung (disparaging view of oneself) · de Selbstkritik (disparaging view of oneself) · de Selbstherabsetzung (disparaging view of oneself) · fi itseironia (disparaging view of oneself)