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noun
- The act of belittling or undervaluing oneself, often through humor or irony, typically to evoke sympathy or to downplay one's achievements or abilities.
Her constant self-disparagement made it difficult for her friends to remind her of her many accomplishments.
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The term ‘self-disparagement‘ is a noun that denotes the act of belittling or undervaluing oneself. Its etymology can be traced back to the prefix ‘self-‘, which comes from Old English ‘self,‘ meaning one's own or oneself. The core of the term, ‘disparagement,‘ originates from the Middle French ‘desparager,‘ which means to lower in esteem, and is derived from the Latin ‘disparare,‘ a combination of ‘dis-‘ meaning apart and ‘parare‘ meaning to make equal. Thus, ‘self-disparagement‘ reflects the concept of one's own lowered or diminished status or worth.
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