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self-effacing ADJ

self-effacing

скро́мный

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Not a self-effacing intellectual, he pronounced that the "truth" of the thoughts communicated here seems to me unassailable and definitive. en.wikipedia.org

Male co-workers portrayed their women counterparts as dedicated and self-effacing. en.wikipedia.org

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. en.wikipedia.org

For example, some report being taught from an early age to be self-effacing, reticent, respectful, and deferential towards authority. en.wikipedia.org

Or one will be self-effacing, and be compulsively compliant and display symptoms of neediness or codependence. en.wikipedia.org

Self-deprecating or self-effacing humour is superficially similar to racial and stereotype jokes, but involves the targets laughing at themselves. en.wikipedia.org

His self-effacing nature and boyish demeanour served to defuse passions in many of these hotly disputed cases. en.wikipedia.org

This is the crowning achievement in this hard-working and self-effacing scholars career. en.wikipedia.org

When used to refer to oneself, "sama" expresses extreme arrogance (or self-effacing irony), as with. en.wikipedia.org

Brown was known for his self-effacing nature and was well liked among teammates and opponents alike. en.wikipedia.org

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