self-deprecation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌselfˌdep.rəˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌselfˌdep.rəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
自贬，自谦
the quality of trying to make yourself, your abilities, or your achievements seem less important
She was unconcerned by fame and modest to the point of self-deprecation. 她不在乎名声，谦虚到自贬的地步。
See: self-deprecating
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- Her ambition was masked by a veneer of elegant self-deprecation.
- He portrayed himself with self-deprecation even as he set about building something ambitious.
- When we began the interview, he warned me, with merry self-deprecation, that he suffers from "nominal aphasia," or the inability to reproduce names.
- Afterward, he said he thought the president's self-deprecation made him seem "more likable."