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People who undergo CBT are encouraged to question their own self-disparaging assumptions and thought processes to change how they see themselves and the world around them.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

Notably self-disparaging about his own achievements he consistently refused honours, insisting that there would never be a Sir David Cornwell.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2020

We find Horace repeatedly excusing himself with self-disparaging irony, while exhorting younger poets to the task of directly celebrating the wars of Augustus,—e.g.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

As I have said before, no one cares to hear another say what in self-disparaging moments he often says about himself.

From Roger Trewinion by King, Gunning

Thus self-accusing and self-disparaging, he reached the little avenue gate, which by a trim gravel walk led up to the parsonage.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James