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The definition of self-styled refers to a description that you give to yourself or a claim you make about yourself.

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An example of self-styled is when you declare yourself a computer expert.

See self-styled in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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

See self-styled in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

As characterized by oneself, often without right or justification: “poets, real or self-styled” (Constantine Fitzgibbon). See Usage Note at so-called.

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