self-depreciation

1. 1.

   a feeling of being of little worth

   Broaderhumility

Questions about self-depreciation

What does self-depreciation mean?

self-depreciation means "a feeling of being of little worth".

How many syllables are in self-depreciation?

self-depreciation has 7 syllables: self--de-pre-ci-a-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

Is self-depreciation a common word?

self-depreciation is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.