self-denigration
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.24 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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 question."
Etymology
From self- + denigration.