self-admitted

American  

[self-ad-mit-id] / ˈsɛlf ædˈmɪt ɪd /

adjective

1. admitting to a specific charge or accusation; self-confessed.

   a self-admitted spy.

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Other Word Forms

• self-admittedly adverb

Example Sentences

The loquacious Flores, a self-admitted “peleonero” — a fighter — who’s serving his first full term, showed up to Salt Lake Park in a Carhartt jacket embroidered with the city seal and his name.

From Los Angeles Times

As a self-admitted melophile in a way that feels closely tethered to my family identity, it was all the more disconcerting that my first festival revealed such a deeply triggering anxiety.

From Salon

Another Natalie I remembered — a self-admitted “troublemaker” who nearly got kicked out of Anaheim High — emerged before my eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

The home is also a culmination of Biden’s decades-long quest to establish the perfect family home and his self-admitted obsession with real estate.

From Seattle Times

But if real leadership is all about setting an example, projecting a mind-set that inspires people to do their very best, to do things they didn’t know they could, well, here’s a postrace email report from Le Jamtel, the self-admitted spoiled one, who also qualified for the full-distance world championship with a boost from XC, on his experience in October at Kona:

From New York Times