euncu
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Hello;
When I look it up online in the Freedictionary (the first link below), the definitions were mostly bearing negative connotations such as " Tending to undervalue oneself and one's abilities." , "having a tendency to disparage oneself" or "belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest." , but one of the definitions could be deemed to be positive;"conscious of your own shortcomings". So then I checked the Oxford Dictionaries (the second link below" and it provided only one definition and that was positive .,"Modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-deprecating
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/self-deprecating
So my question is that whether this adjective has a positive or negative meaning. Is it something you use when you are aware of yourself(like in the phrase "know thyself") and be modest about it or when you have inferiority complex or something?
Thanks for your answers in advance.
When I look it up online in the Freedictionary (the first link below), the definitions were mostly bearing negative connotations such as " Tending to undervalue oneself and one's abilities." , "having a tendency to disparage oneself" or "belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest." , but one of the definitions could be deemed to be positive;"conscious of your own shortcomings". So then I checked the Oxford Dictionaries (the second link below" and it provided only one definition and that was positive .,"Modest about or critical of oneself, especially humorously so"
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-deprecating
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/self-deprecating
So my question is that whether this adjective has a positive or negative meaning. Is it something you use when you are aware of yourself(like in the phrase "know thyself") and be modest about it or when you have inferiority complex or something?
Thanks for your answers in advance.