self-effacing in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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As a fundraiser for a children's charity, he published two bestselling, self-effacing joke books containing jokes the locals often told about him and his teammates.
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His self-effacing nature and boyish demeanour served to defuse passions in many of these hotly disputed cases.
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In this sense, "peon" can be used in either a derogatory or self-effacing context.
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Her lyrics have been called self-effacing and occasionally confessional.
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Mature was always a self-effacing star who had no delusions about his own work.
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He expressed regret at having to retire so young, and despite his popularity throughout his career, remained self-effacing when looking back.
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Self-deprecating or self-effacing humour is superficially similar to racial and stereotype jokes, but involves the targets laughing at themselves.
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But it's also self-effacing and completely lacking in the grandstanding that some vocalists might resort to today, in order to be heard and appreciated.
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De emerges, in retrospect, as a modest self-effacing scientist driven by inner compulsions to grapple with a major scientific problem of the time.
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Brown was known for his self-effacing nature and was well liked among teammates and opponents alike.
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