Self-effacing
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| + | "[[John le Carré]] created [[George Smiley]] as an intentional [[Foil (literature)|foil]] to [[James Bond]], a character whom he believed depicted an inaccurate and damaging version of espionage life. Short, overweight, balding, and bespectacled, Smiley is polite and [[self-effacing|self-effacing]] and frequently allows others to mistreat him, including his serially [[unfaithful wife]]."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | '''[[self]]-[[effacing]]''' | ||
| + | # Making oneself seem unnoticable. | ||
| + | #:''Clark Kent's '''self-effacing''' behavior is to purposefully make people ignore him.'' | ||
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| + | *[[Humility]] | ||
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"John le Carré created George Smiley as an intentional foil to James Bond, a character whom he believed depicted an inaccurate and damaging version of espionage life. Short, overweight, balding, and bespectacled, Smiley is polite and self-effacing and frequently allows others to mistreat him, including his serially unfaithful wife."--Sholem Stein |
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