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Definition of Self-depreciation
1. Noun. A feeling of being of little worth.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-depreciation
Literary usage of Self-depreciation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"It appears at first to have indicated a lack of self-esteem: . . . the self-depreciation
that made him powerless before her mother's reproaches —Hearst's ..."
2. Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin by Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1907)
"If the young historian took at the time so modest a view of his performance, in
later years the volume provoked a characteristic bit of self-depreciation. ..."
3. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"OF self-depreciation. ARTICLE I.—7s the self-depreciation by which « person feigns
to possess lower endowments than he really has, a sin ? ..."
4. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"OF self-depreciation. ARTICLE I.—Is the self-depreciation by which a person feigns
to possess lower endowments than he really has, a sin ? ..."
5. Trilby by George Du Maurier (1894)
"Gecko, with a humble, doglike worship that expressed itself in mute, pathetic
deference and looks of lowly self-depreciation, of apology for his own ..."
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