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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

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