self-effacement
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“Bluesky apology forms” even began to circulate among lefties with a sense of humor and self-effacement.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Stuart had to paint humility and self-effacement when his favorite clientele laughed at his jokes, drank with him and enjoyed his raconteur flirtations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Acting felt like the thing I could fake, because everybody else was so good at everything,” she said with typical self-effacement.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
As the interview winds down, Sharpton calls himself, with an uncharacteristic mix of self-effacement and understatement, “some fat guy from Brooklyn who lost the weight and got some stuff done.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2022
It is safer, you conclude, to choose self-effacement at this critical moment in your career.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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