self-denigration

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ denigration.

Noun

self-denigration (countable and uncountable, plural self-denigrations)

  1. 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, →DOI, 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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