露ろ悪あく的てき

Meanings

self-deprecating; self-exposing one's flaws

Describes a person or attitude that deliberately reveals or exaggerates one's own shortcomings, often with a cynical or provocative edge. More literary and analytical than casual self-deprecation.

彼かれの露ろ悪あく的てきな態たい度どは、周しゅう囲いを困こん惑わくさせた。
His self-deprecating attitude, almost flaunting his flaws, puzzled those around him.
その作さっ家かの露ろ悪あく的てきな作さく風ふうは、読どく者しゃを選えらぶ。
The author's style of exposing human weaknesses tends to divide readers.

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Kanji

露dew, tears, expose
悪bad, vice, rascal
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

自じ虐ぎゃく的てき
自虐的 focuses on making fun of oneself or self-mockery, often for humor or sympathy, while 露悪的 emphasizes a deliberate, sometimes provocative exposure of one's own vices or flaws.
自じ己こ卑ひ下げ
自己卑下 is a noun meaning self-abasement or excessive humility, often in social contexts; 露悪的 is an adjectival noun describing a more analytical or literary attitude of revealing one's dark side.

Built from

露ろ悪あく+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 露悪 (roaku, 'revealing evil') + 的 (-teki, '-like'). 露悪 itself is a relatively modern coinage from 露 (ro, 'expose') and 悪 (aku, 'evil'), used in literary criticism to describe a style that exposes human vice.