#self-irony

• To mock oneself — To make fun of one's own situation; to mock oneself, highlighting one's blunders, physical flaws, or behavioral imperfections in a comic or critical manner. At a psychological level, the action serves to alleviate anxiety states, disarm audience criticism, and build an authentic and modest presence in public discourse.
• To self-deprecate — To ironize oneself in a subtle, refined, and often biting manner; to mock one's own flaws, actions, ideas, or weaknesses to demonstrate critical detachment or to soften a negative emotional impact. In a literary and rhetorical context, the action represents a sophisticated modality of structural self-irony through which an author undermines their own solemn authority before it is attacked by others.
• Self-deprecation — The act of self-deprecating and its result; an attitude or discursive manifestation marked by sharp and constant self-irony. In psychological analyses, the process of self-deprecation can function as a coping mechanism or a structural self-defense against social anxiety, whereas in criticism it represents a refined stylistic device used to deconstruct the false solemnity of the text.