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Self-styled

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Adjective

1. self-styled, soi-disant

as claimed by and for yourself often without justification

Example Sentences:
'the self-styled doctor' has no degree of any kind'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Self-styled

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adjective
(prenominal)
claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etc
a self-styled expert

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Self-styled

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adjective
considered and called (something specified) only by the individual himself or herself; alleged (to be such) only by the person concerned; pretended; professed
a self-styled expert

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Self-styled

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adj.
As characterized by oneself, often without right or justification: "poets, real or self-styled" (Constantine Fitzgibbon). See Usage Note at so-called.

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