Self-appointed Definition

sĕlfə-pointĭd
adjective
Designated or chosen by oneself rather than by due authority.
A self-appointed mediator.
American Heritage
Acting in a specified role, but not so recognized by others.
A self-appointed censor.
Webster's New World
The definition of self-appointed is someone who named him or herself to a position or role.
An example of self-appointed is a person who knows everyone in the town and is the self-appointed mayor.
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Appointed by oneself.

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Self-appointed Sentence Examples

  • All of them have rejected the view of these self-appointed experts.

  • Thankful to be rid of him the leaders of the Jerusalem Church allowed him to go on his self appointed mission to convert gentiles.

  • This sometimes seems to have been lost on certain self-appointed guardians of evangelical morality.

  • As a consequence Wilde might easily usurp Quentin Crisp's self-appointed title of England's first stately homo.

  • How will you get beyond the (often self-appointed) activists?

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