"self-deprecating" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌsɛlfˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/ Forms: more self-deprecating [comparative], most self-deprecating [superlative]
Etymology: self- + deprecating Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|deprecating}} self- + deprecating Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-deprecating (comparative more self-deprecating, superlative most self-deprecating)
  1. Expressing disapproval of oneself. Synonyms: self-deprecatory Translations (disapproval of self): 自貶的 (Chinese Mandarin), 自贬的 (zìbiǎnde) (Chinese Mandarin), itseään vähättelevä (Finnish), itseironinen [humorous, self-depreciating] (Finnish), autodérisoire (French), selbstironisch [humorous] (German), selbstkritisch (english: otherwise also) (German), selbsterniedrigend (German), autoironico [masculine] (Italian), 自虐的 (jigyakuteki) (Japanese), самоомаловажувачки (samoomalovažuvački) (Macedonian), tāharahara (Maori), autoironiczny (Polish), autoirónico [masculine] (Spanish), autoparódico [masculine] (Spanish), autoderisorio [masculine] (Spanish), självironisk (Swedish)

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