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L'autodérision
The art of making yourself the target of your own joke. English has no single everyday noun for it.
Examples in context
Il pratique l'autodérision avec un talent rare.
He practises self-deprecation with rare talent.
Un peu d'autodérision désamorce les tensions.
A little self-deprecation defuses tension.
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