Usually means: Critical or mocking of oneself.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word self-deprecatory:

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  1. self-deprecatory: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-deprecatory: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-deprecatory: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. self-deprecatory, self-deprecatory: Collins English Dictionary
  5. self-deprecatory: Wordnik
  6. self-deprecatory: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. self-deprecatory: Dictionary.com
  8. self-deprecatory: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. self-deprecatory: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  Expressing disapproval of oneself.

Similar:
deprecatory, disapproving, disapprobatory, depreciating, humiliative, abashing, depriment, deprivative, deplorable, repudiated, more...

Opposite:
self-confident, self-assured, self-assertive

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Similar:
deprecatory, disapproving, disapprobatory, depreciating, humiliative, abashing, depriment, deprivative, deplorable, repudiated, more...

Opposite:
self-confident, self-assured, self-assertive



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