self-mockery

noun

Teasing language or humor directed against oneself.

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Meanings

nounself-mockery (countable and uncountable, plural self-mockeries)

plural self-mockeries

  1. countableuncountableTeasing language or humor directed against oneself.

Origin

From self- + mockery.

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Translations

Dutch zelfspot
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Finnish itseironia
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French autodérision
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German Selbstspott
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Hungarian önkritikusság
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Irish féinmhagadh
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Polish autoironia
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Spanish autoirrisión
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Cite this entry
APA

self-mockery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-mockery

MLA

“self-mockery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-mockery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-mockery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-mockery.

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