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self-deprecation

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The disparagement of one's own self.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: Originally proscribed

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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 deprecation English self-deprecation From self- + deprecation.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: zelfspot — disparaging view of oneself
  • Finnish: itseironia — disparaging view of oneself
  • French: autodérision — disparaging view of oneself
  • German: Selbstironie — disparaging view of oneself
  • German: Selbstkritik — disparaging view of oneself
  • German: Selbstherabsetzung — disparaging view of oneself
  • German: Selbstzerfleischung — disparaging view of oneself
  • Italian: autoironia — disparaging view of oneself
  • Macedonian: самоомаловажување (samoomalovažuvanje) — disparaging view of oneself
  • Polish: autoironia — disparaging view of oneself
  • Portuguese: autoironia — disparaging view of oneself
  • Portuguese: autoderisão — disparaging view of oneself
  • Romanian: autoironie — disparaging view of oneself
  • Spanish: autoironía — disparaging view of oneself
  • Spanish: autodesprecio — disparaging view of oneself
  • Swedish: självironi — disparaging view of oneself