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Meaning of self-criticism | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2
/ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪtəˌsɪzəm/

Definitions

  1. Criticism of oneself.
    uncountable, usually
  2. A practice of confessing and criticizing one's real or imagined transgressions in public settings, especially in East Asia.
    uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Čeština sebekritika
Deutsch Selbstkritik
Ελληνικά αυτοκριτική
Español autocrítica
Français autocritique
日本語 自己批判
Português autocrítica
Русский самокритика
Svenska självkritik
Türkçe öz eleştiri

Examples

“to commit self-criticism”
“... commit self - criticism and allow other people to criticize him . If we do all these things , then there is hope and there is a future for Marxism . The most important thing is consistency . If you make a promise you must keep it[…]”
“This is starting to resemble (in a much lower-stakes field, it cannot be said often enough) some Union of Soviet Cinematographers self-criticism sessions for artists whose work was considered “bourgeois formalism” or whatever made Stalin’s colon clench that week.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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