"self-mockery" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: self-mockeries [plural]
Etymology: self- + mockery Etymology templates: {{pre|en|self|mockery}} self- + mockery Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} self-mockery (countable and uncountable, plural self-mockeries)
  1. Teasing language or humor directed against oneself. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: self-deprecation Translations (Translations): zelfspot [masculine] (Dutch), itseironia (Finnish), autodérision [feminine] (French), autoironia [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-self-mockery-en-noun-VxY7KFKA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with self-

Inflected forms

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