单词 | self-depreciatory |
释义 | self-depreciatoryadj. Involving or characterized by self-depreciation. Also: engaging in self-depreciation.Although self-depreciatory has traditionally been regarded by writers on usage as more correct than self-deprecatory, the latter is now far more common. See deprecate v. Additions b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > [adjective] > underestimating or undervaluing > oneself self-depreciating1725 self-deprecating1835 self-depreciatory1842 self-deprecatory1850 self-sabotaging1940 1842 L. Blanchard in New Monthly Mag. Dec. 546 We accept with full credence his self-depreciatory list of the things he can't do, but we are reluctant to believe that he can't pay—somehow. 1862 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola vi, in Cornhill Mag. Aug. 153 Romola did not make this self-depreciatory statement in a tone of anxious humility. 1966 N. Nicolson in H. Nicolson Diaries & Lett. 27 That self-depreciatory humour that he reserved for us. 1988 Observer 6 Mar. 13/3 Those who were the most confident in public, such as Lloyd George and Churchill, could be the most self-depreciatory in private. 2014 Irish Times (Nexis) 8 Apr. 7 There is a culture of women making self-depreciatory comments to one another about their appearance or body shape. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1842 |
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