self-denigration
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From self- + denigration.
Noun
[edit]self-denigration (countable and uncountable, plural self-denigrations)
- Belittlement or criticism of oneself; self-criticism.
- 2022 November, Ling Zhou, “Self-denigration in Mandarin Chinese: An alternative account from sincerity”, in Language & Communication, volume 87, , page 1:
- The phenomenon of self-denigration is a typical example of politeness in Chinese culture. Despite the fact that this phenomenon has attracted much attention from scholars in previous studies, the issue of how to clarify self-denigration in relation to sincerity still remains very much an open question.
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[edit]References
[edit]- “self-denigration”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.