self-criticism

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ criticism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪtəˌsɪzəm/, [ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪɾəˌsɪzəm]

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Noun

self-criticism

1. Criticism of oneself.
2. (communism, Juche) a practice of confessing and criticizing one's real or imagined transgressions in public settings, especially in East Asia.

   to commit self-criticism

   • 1991, Edward A. Gargan, China's Fate: A People's Turbulent Struggle with Reform and Repression, 1980-1990, Doubleday Books:

     ... 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 […]

Derived terms

• self-critical

Translations

criticism of oneself

• Azerbaijani: özünü tənqidetmə
• Bulgarian: самокри́тика (bg) f (samokrítika)
• Catalan: autocrítica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檢討 / 检讨 (zh) (jiǎntǎo), 自我批評 / 自我批评 (zh) (zìwǒ pīpíng)

• Czech: sebekritika f
• Estonian: enesekriitika
• Finnish: itsekritiikki
• French: autocritique (fr) f
• German: Selbstkritik (de) f
• Greek: αυτοκριτική (el) f (aftokritikí)
• Hungarian: önkritika (hu)
• Japanese: 自己批判 (じこひはん, jikohihan)
• Latvian: paškritika f
• Lithuanian: savikritika f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvkritikk m

• Polish: samokrytyka (pl) f, autokrytyka f
• Portuguese: autocrítica (pt) f
• Romanian: autocritică (ro) f
• Russian: самокри́тика (ru) f (samokrítika)
• Slovak: sebakritika
• Spanish: autocrítica (es) f
• Swedish: självkritik (sv) c
• Turkish: öz eleştiri (tr)