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falsemodesty (countable anduncountable,pluralfalse modesties)

1. Behavior that is intended to seemhumble but comes across asfake andunflattering.

   Although having a largeego is considered undesirable, at times it is proper to take credit where it is due rather than displayfalse modesty.

   • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:

     At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of thatfalse modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

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