self-styled

[ self-stahyld ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈstaɪld /

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adjective

styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.

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Origin of self-styled

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby self-styled

self-starter, self-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study, self-styled, self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender

How to use self-styled in a sentence

The phrase of choice to describe Rampal is “self-styled god-man,” which has been repeated ad nauseam in the press.
Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor?|Jay Michaelson|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The self-styled ‘Art Criminal’ dazzled onlookers and made history when he tightrope walked between the WTC towers 40 years ago.
Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As Petticrew wrote in 2011, Selye, the self-styled “Father of Stress,” had done important work in the 1930s and 1940s.
Thank You for Smoking: How Big Tobacco Created the ‘Type A’ Personality Myth|Kent Sepkowitz|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And Chechen fighters from the self-styled Vostok battalion arrived in central Donetsk today for a rally.
Ukraine’s Chocolate King Wins|Jamie Dettmer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For a self-styled “manifesto,” the book is surprisingly personal and transparent.
Why The Tea Party Won’t Go Away And More Wisdom From Matt Kibbe|Michael Signer|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"My valet might object to the opponent I assigned him," said the self-styled gentleman and man of honor.
The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy
In 1830 Bentham had even to hold up 'Master Peel' as a 'model good boy' to the self-styled reformer.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I.|Leslie Stephen
Yet at the same time he was up in arms against the self-styled “moderns”!
Prophets of Dissent|Otto Heller
There is a deplorable tendency among our self-styled aristocracy to look upon their circle as a class apart.
Worldly Ways and Byways|Eliot Gregory
Have we not, then, good reason to attribute it rather to the bearer of the message, to the self-styled interpreter of God's will?
The Bible: what it is|Charles Bradlaugh

British Dictionary definitions for self-styled

self-styled

adjective

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

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