self-elected
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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He wanted to question the very notion of what constituted a work of art as decreed by academics and critics, whom he saw as the self-elected and largely unqualified arbiters of taste.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2012
Seniors who belong to Pop, an elite self-elected group of academic and sport leaders, have their own version.
From Time Magazine Archive
All three were nimble, successful, charismatic, self-elected leaders--the kind that have a knack for finding one another.
From Time Magazine Archive
Oldtime Newsman Frank Ward O'Malley sailed for Europe as a self-elected missionary of U. S. culture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Georgia has disavowed the act of the self-constituted, self-elected minority convention that acted in her name.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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