self-professed

British  

adjective

1. avowed or acknowledged by oneself

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Example Sentences

The footage became national news - insights into tensions within local government are, after all, rarely made public, and Kent is Reform UK's self-professed flagship council.

From BBC

A technologist, libertarian and self-professed Christian, Mr. Thiel makes easy bait for commentators of a certain algorithimic ilk.

From The Wall Street Journal

Adding another who had just skated with the team’s self-professed “Finnish Mafia” at the 4 Nations Face-Off was a no brainer.

From The Wall Street Journal

McKinnon’s Amy toggles through obnoxious progressive stereotypes: She’s a self-professed empath who pretends to be in an open marriage to wheedle Theo into bed.

From Los Angeles Times

Nonetheless, he was confident they’d be OK because, again, Brown is a self-professed “sunny-side-up” kind of guy.

From Los Angeles Times