self-styled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of self-styled
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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The self-styled “King of Pork” steered hundreds of millions in federal dollars to Hawaii.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
There as here, they play opposites: Woody, a self-styled anarchist, the loose-living Oscar; Matthew, thinking about government, the orderly Felix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Gabe, 32, an artist, drag king and costume designer from the West Midlands is the self-styled "daddy of Birmingham drag" and discovered baking after watching the very first series of Bake Off aged 13.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
He estimates he’s sold 460 of its roughly 2,500 homes, becoming a self-styled historian who knows stories behind houses going back generations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
One wore a stud in her lip, another was a self-styled Paris intellectual—beret, scarf tossed around the neck, volume of poetry.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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