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单词 self-parody
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self-parodyn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈparədi/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈpɛrədi/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, parody n.2
Etymology: < self- prefix + parody n.2
Intentional or inadvertent parody of one's own literary or artistic style or (in later use) one's usual behaviour, speech, or characteristics. Also: an instance of this; a self-parodying work.
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1840 Edinb. Rev. July 474 Self-parody was very unlikely, indeed, to occur to one like him, whose irritable self-love discloses itself in all that he ever wrote.
1890 Academy 1 Feb. 17/1 ‘The weak smile of autumnal sunshine over the wrongs of its own neglect’ (we quote from Kit and Kitty) is a good self-parody of a humorous kind for soliloquising purposes.
1958 S. Spender Engaged in Writing 89 He [spoke]..in the comic manner which was half-serious self-parody.
1997 Times 20 Feb. 35/5 Directors..repeating their stylistic tics so often that their films become self-parodies.
2016 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 6 Aug. f7 Self-parody sometimes works in democracies, too. Winston Churchill..always made sure to carry a big cigar, even when he had no intention of smoking it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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