self-deprecation

English

Alternative forms

• self-depreciation

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

English deprecation

English self-deprecation

From self- + deprecation.

Noun

self-deprecation (uncountable)

1. (Originally proscribed) The disparagement of one's own self.

Usage notes

The term "self-deprecation" was orginially proscribed, but is now commoner than "self-depreciation" by a ratio of 24:1.

Related terms

• self-deprecating

Translations

disparaging view of oneself — see also self-criticism,‎ self-mockery

• Dutch: zelfspot (nl) m
• Finnish: itseironia (fi)
• French: autodérision (fr) f
• German: (humorously) Selbstironie (de) f; (otherwise also) Selbstkritik (de) f; Selbstherabsetzung f; Selbstzerfleischung (de) f (colloquial)
• Italian: autoironia (it) f
• Macedonian: самоомаловажување n (samoomalovažuvanje)
• Polish: autoironia (pl) f
• Portuguese: autoironia f, autoderisão f
• Romanian: autoironie (ro) f
• Spanish: autoironía f, autodesprecio m
• Swedish: självironi

See also

• self-mockery