self-deprecating

English

Etymology

self- +‎ deprecating

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlfˈdɛpɹəˌkeɪtɪŋ/

Adjective

self-deprecating (comparative more self-deprecating, superlative most self-deprecating)

1. Expressing disapproval of oneself.
   • 2004, Kate Fox, “Rules of Sex”, in Watching the English, Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 325:

     Mention sex, and the English humour reflex kicks in. And we all know that self-deprecating jokes are the most effective, the most widely appreciated form of humour.

   • 2018 February 18, “Self-deprecating humour linked to greater psychological wellbeing, study finds”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     One of the most defining outcomes of the study was the acknowledgement that the use of self-deprecating humour doesn’t necessarily have negative connotations, as previously thought.

Synonyms

• self-deprecatory

Translations

disapproval of self

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自貶的／自贬的 (zìbiǎnde)

• Finnish: itseään vähättelevä, itseironinen (humorously self-deprecating)
• French: autodérisoire (fr)
• German: (humorously) selbstironisch (de); (otherwise also) selbstkritisch (de); selbsterniedrigend
• Italian: autoironico m
• Japanese: 自虐的 (jigyakuteki)
• Macedonian: самоомаловажувачки (samoomalovažuvački)
• Maori: tāharahara
• Polish: autoironiczny (pl)
• Spanish: autoirónico m, autoparódico m, autoderisorio m
• Swedish: självironisk