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self-denigrations

self-denigrations is the plural of self-denigration.

Meaning of self-denigration

Noun

self-denigration (countable and uncountable, plural self-denigrations)

  1. Belittlement or criticism of oneself; self-criticism.
    • The phenomenon of self-denigration is a typical example of politeness in Chinese culture. Despite the fact that this phenomenon has attracted much attention from scholars in previous studies, the issue of how to clarify self-denigration in relation to sincerity still remains very much an open...2022 November, Ling Zhou, “Self-denigration in Mandarin Chinese: An alternative account from sincerity”, in Language & Communication, volume 87, →DOI, page 1

Questions about self-denigrations

What is self-denigrations the plural of?
Self-denigrations is the plural of self-denigration.

Words near self-denigrations in the dictionary

  1. self-denials
  2. self-denier
  3. self-deniers
  4. self-denigrating
  5. self-denigration
  6. self-denigrations
  7. self-denying
  8. self-denyingly
  9. self-deport
  10. self-deportation
  11. self-deportations

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