self-parody
noun
self-par·o·dy
ˌself-ˈper-ə-dē 
-ˈpa-rə-
plural self-parodies
: representation of oneself or itself that has the character or appearance of a parody
Detractors accused him … of relying on a sneaky humor and swagger that approached self-parody.—
New York Times
New York Times… the lack of ideological diversity on campuses is a disservice to the students and to liberalism itself, with liberalism collapsing on some campuses into self-parody.—Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
self-parodist
ˌself-ˈper-ə-dist
noun
-ˈpa-rə-
plural self-parodists
Artists seem to have more of a sense of humor about themselves today than they did 10 or 20 years ago. Eminem is practically a self-parodist.
—Mikael Wood
Mikael Wood
Examples of self-parody in a Sentence
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As its ten-season run wore on, the show would more openly embrace comic book characters and ideas, becoming a bit of a self-parody in its efforts to put off Clark’s transformation into Superman, which would only happen in the show’s final moments.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
In turn, Berg says, expressing negative attitudes about children and child-rearing has become a self-parody.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
This kind of tender sentimentality isn’t par for the course with Hong, a filmmaker whose essential feature template may be close to self-parody in its consistency, but allows for a fluid, ever-expanding spectrum of moods, feelings and foibles.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
When done right, such biting self-parody can serve to excuse tired storytelling.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
By then his youthful innocence was long gone and the decline into boorishness and self-parody well advanced.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 26 July 2024
And to further entice you, there’s plenty of humor to be found in this sly Disney self-parody.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 16 July 2024
To the point where the genre itself has become sort of self-parody.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Though The Daily Show was meant to be a parody of cable news, over Stewart’s tenure the actual versions began to feel so much like self-parody that many younger viewers began treating Stewart as their primary news source.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
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Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
In turn, Berg says, expressing negative attitudes about children and child-rearing has become a self-parody.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 19 Sep. 2024
This kind of tender sentimentality isn’t par for the course with Hong, a filmmaker whose essential feature template may be close to self-parody in its consistency, but allows for a fluid, ever-expanding spectrum of moods, feelings and foibles.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
When done right, such biting self-parody can serve to excuse tired storytelling.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2024
By then his youthful innocence was long gone and the decline into boorishness and self-parody well advanced.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 26 July 2024
And to further entice you, there’s plenty of humor to be found in this sly Disney self-parody.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 16 July 2024
To the point where the genre itself has become sort of self-parody.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
Though The Daily Show was meant to be a parody of cable news, over Stewart’s tenure the actual versions began to feel so much like self-parody that many younger viewers began treating Stewart as their primary news source.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Self-parody.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-parody. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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