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SELF-DEPRECIATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-depreciation mean? 

SELF-DEPRECIATION (noun)
  The noun SELF-DEPRECIATION has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of being of little worthplay

  Familiarity information: SELF-DEPRECIATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELF-DEPRECIATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of being of little worth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("self-depreciation" is a kind of...):

humbleness; humility (a humble feeling)


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