self-deprecation

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ deprecation.

Noun

self-deprecation (uncountable)

The disparagement of one's own self.

Related terms

self-deprecating

Translations

disparaging view of oneself

Dutch: zelfspot (nl) m
Finnish: itseironia (fi)
French: autodérision (fr) f
German: (humorously) Selbstironie (de) f; (otherwise also) Selbstkritik (de) f; Selbstherabsetzung f; Selbstzerfleischung (de) f (colloquial)
Italian: autoironia (it) f
Macedonian: самоомаловажување n (samoomalovažuvanje)
Polish: autoironia (pl) f
Portuguese: autoironia f, autoderisão f
Romanian: autoironie (ro) f
Spanish: autoironía f
Swedish: självironi

See also

self-mockery

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