self-styled
self-styled
Definition
self·-styled (-stīld′)
adjective
considered and called (something specified) only by the individual himself or herself; alleged (to be such) only by the person concerned; pretended; professed a self-styled expert
self-styled
Synonyms
self-styled
modif.
self-styled
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- guru: Here we have joker and self-styled fashion guru Mr. C Williams ' contribution to Newport culture.
- expert: Now half the adverts on TV are for dubious products and behaviors touted by self-styled experts.
- order: The hand of history made good the mythical claims of a self-styled Order by the patronage of an exiled monarch.
- leader: Peter and Ilona, she says, were always eager to curry favor with self-styled spiritual leaders.
- organization: There, between 1854 and 1856, one would have found the first self-styled humanist organization in Britain.
- guardian: Airport developments are usually controversial and invariably pitch the self-styled guardians of the environment against the advocates of economic growth.
Modifying Another Word
- even: And even self-styled modernist buildings are beginning to look a trifle derivative and dated.
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