self-criticism

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English

Etymology

From self- +‎ criticism.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌsɛlfˈkɹɪtəˌsɪzəm/,
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Noun

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self-criticism (usually uncountable, plural self-criticisms)

  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 
    • 2003 August 16, vjmorton, “Not-so-brave heart”, in Rightwing Film Geek‎:
      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.

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