self-depreciation

[ self-di-pree-shee-ey-shuhn, self- ]

noun

1. a variant of self-deprecation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-depreciation¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

With her self-depreciation she was one thing that she was not likely to guessthe prettiest talker in the world.

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At any rate, after what we have read we cannot attribute his intention of studying under Kalkbrenner to undue self-depreciation.

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She challenged his flattery in her pouting self-depreciation.

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And then there are exquisite bits which you have rescued from that darkness to which his self-depreciation condemned them.

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Dorothy rescued him from this unwonted self-depreciation by bursting on the scene with eyes distended to their widest.

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