selvironi

Danish

Etymology

selv +‎ ironi

Noun

selvironi

1. the ability to laugh at oneself; the quality of not taking oneself seriously

   Jeg afskyede alle disse opblæste mennesker der ikke ejede skyggen af selvironi.

   I despised all these pompous people who did not own a shred of self-irony.

Declension

Declension of selvironi

common gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	selvironi	selvironien
genitive	selvironis	selvironiens

Antonyms

• selvhøjtidelighed

Derived terms

• selvironisk

Translations

disapproval of self

• German: Selbstironie (de)