| 单词 | self-deprecation | 
| 释义 | self-deprecationn.  Disparagement of oneself or one's actions, abilities, etc., often humorously or out of false modesty. Cf. self-depreciation n.Now more common than self-depreciation: see note at that entry. ΚΠ 1846    Atlas 17 Jan. 1/3  				Their frequent apologetic acknowledgment and self-deprecation of their own former intemperances and excesses. 1890    R. Porter Resting in his Love ii. 49  				The false humility that needs to be repressed in its expression of self-deprecation. 1924    W. Holtby Crowded Street xxxv. 260  				Don't you think that this self-deprecation of yours was a little like cowardice? 1977    A. Giddens Stud. in Social & Polit. Theory ix. 307  				Self-aggression, which extends from relatively minor forms such as verbal self-deprecation to actual self-destruction. 2016    Times 		(Nexis)	 17 Sept. (Weekend section) 2  				In among all this beguiling self-deprecation, however, you see the occasional flash of competitive steel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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