"self-deprecation" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From self- + deprecation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|self-|deprecation}} self- + deprecation Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} self-deprecation (uncountable)
  1. The disparagement of one's own self. Wikipedia link: self-deprecation Tags: uncountable Related terms: self-deprecating, self-mockery Translations (disparaging view of oneself): zelfspot [masculine] (Dutch), itseironia (Finnish), autodérision [feminine] (French), Selbstironie [feminine, humorous] (German), Selbstkritik (english: otherwise also) [feminine] (German), Selbstherabsetzung [feminine] (German), Selbstzerfleischung [colloquial, feminine] (German), autoironia [feminine] (Italian), самоомаловажување (samoomalovažuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), autoironia [feminine] (Polish), autoironia [feminine] (Portuguese), autoderisão [feminine] (Portuguese), autoironie [feminine] (Romanian), autoironía [feminine] (Spanish), självironi (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-self-deprecation-en-noun-d6JbES-J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

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