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deprecation

[ UK /dˌɛpɹɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a prayer to avert or remove some evil or disaster
  2. the act of expressing disapproval (especially of yourself)

How To Use deprecation In A Sentence

  • Karlovic's commentary ranges from self-deprecation to self-defense to heckling of other tennis Tweeters to absurdism. Words of Wisdom Provided by Dr. Ivo
  • For some reason - whether through snobbery, ignorance, or the peculiarly British disease of self-deprecation - this valuable national treasure has been systematically trivialised and ridiculed over the years, to such an extent that today it remains almost unknown.
  • The best entrepreneurs have the right balance of inner certainty and self-deprecation to cope with problems and not lose their audacity and ambition. Times, Sunday Times
  • His stock-in-trade of arch self-deprecation doesn't cut any slack up here.
  • The self-deprecation does not disguise an engaging personality. Times, Sunday Times
  • Get a profile up online that's sexy, forward, funny and easy on the self-deprecation - one where there is clearly no room for just palling around.
  • His comedic style is marked mostly by self-deprecation, dryness, and yelling.
  • Blair writes unaffectedly and charts her personal growth with honest self-deprecation.
  • He tap-dances around the line between speech and song with such dexterity that by the time he reaches his summation — See now what a condition I am in! — we don't even notice that the seeming self-deprecation is actually an assertion of intellectual authority. Archive 2008-11-01
  • Conclusion: Achievement goal orientation , uncertain personal control, self - deprecation are closely related to academic self - handicapping.
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