Both Uses of
deprecate
in
Fearless
- Most of the twenty-two-year-old's answers were a barrage of self-deprecation without an ounce of hope.†
p. 58.4 *self-deprecation = to be modest or critical of oneself (often in a humorous manner)
- For full effect Adam told the self-deprecating story, detail by detail, as though it had happened to him.†
p. 116.9self-deprecating = modest or critical of oneself (often in a humorous manner)
Definitions:
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(1)
(deprecate) to diminish or treat something as unimportant or of low quality; or to express disapproval
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
The form, deprecating, is sometimes used as a short form of self-deprecating -- meaning to belittle oneself or one's own ideas.