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self-appointed definition

self·-appointed (-ə po̵int′id)

adjective

declared to be so by oneself, but not so designated by others a self-appointed censor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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