noun
Meaning 1
Criticism of oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
self-criticism
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Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪtəˌsɪzəm/
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US: [ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪɾəˌsɪzəm]
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noun
Meaning 2
A practice of confessing and criticizing one's real or imagined transgressions in public settings, especially in East Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: communism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
Examples
- to commit self-criticism
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
criticism of yourself
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: criticism, critique
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: özünü tənqidetmə — criticism of oneself
- Bulgarian: самокри́тика (samokrítika) — criticism of oneself
- Catalan: autocrítica — criticism of oneself
- Chinese Mandarin: 檢討 /检讨 (jiǎntǎo) — criticism of oneself
- Chinese Mandarin: 自我批評 /自我批评 (zìwǒ pīpíng) — criticism of oneself
- Czech: sebekritika — criticism of oneself
- Estonian: enesekriitika — criticism of oneself
- Finnish: itsekritiikki — criticism of oneself
- French: autocritique — criticism of oneself
- Georgian: თვითკრიტიკა (tvitḳriṭiḳa) — criticism of oneself
- German: Selbstkritik — criticism of oneself
- Greek: αυτοκριτική (aftokritikí) — criticism of oneself
- Hungarian: önkritika — criticism of oneself
- Japanese: 自己批判 (jikohihan) — criticism of oneself
- Latvian: paškritika — criticism of oneself
- Lithuanian: savikritika — criticism of oneself
- Norwegian Bokmål: selvkritikk — criticism of oneself
- Polish: samokrytyka — criticism of oneself
- Polish: autokrytyka — criticism of oneself
- Portuguese: autocrítica — criticism of oneself
- Romanian: autocritică — criticism of oneself
- Russian: самокри́тика (samokrítika) — criticism of oneself
- Slovak: sebakritika — criticism of oneself
- Spanish: autocrítica — criticism of oneself
- Swedish: självkritik — criticism of oneself
- Turkish: öz eleştiri — criticism of oneself