so-calledadj.

Forms: Also so called and as one word.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈso-called.

a. In predicative use (commonly without hyphen): Called or designated by that name.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > specific predicatively

so-called1657

1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 304 This Company of the Haberdashers, or Hurrers, of old time so-called.

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Rubrick A name given to a Book of the Civil Law, so called because the Heads of the Chapters were written in red Letters.

1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xviii. 181 The Cluniacenses, so called from their first Abbey of Cluny in France.

1831 W. Scott Count Robert viii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 197 He would find him at the Philosopher's Gardens, so called, as belonging to the sage Agelastes.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Patrick's Purgatory Its entire history is to be found in Mr. Wright's work so called.

1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. 69 The Coralline Crag, so-called because it contains a large number of corals.

b. Qualified by properly.

ΚΠ

1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iv. 28 The soul is the sole Percipient, which alone hath animadversion and sense properly so called.

1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. ii. 17 Greece properly so called, that is, as distinguished from Macedonia.

1827 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 24 June I do not think there is any jealousy, properly so called, in the character of Othello.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 43 A root, properly so called, is a fibre..which secretes certain elements from the earth.

2. In attributive use (hyphenated): Called or designated by this name or term, but not properly entitled to it or correctly described by it. Also loosely as a term of abuse.More recently, and now quite commonly (esp. in technical contexts), used merely to call attention to the description, without implication of incorrectness, as in (b). Cf. Dutch zoogenaamd, -genoemd, -gezeid, German sogenannt.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > specific attributively

so-called1837

the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > without deserving the name

named1532

improper1552

self-styled1640

equivocal1643

so-called1837

so-termed1843

so-styled1844

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] > in name only

so-called1837

(a)

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 20 The Right Side,..persists,..in considering,..all these so-called Decrees as mere temporary whims.

1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. i. §2. 39 The so-called elementary bodies being really compounds of at least two atoms of the true element.

1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif vi. 193 Their so-called poverty is nothing else but a diabolical lie.

1888 O. Wilde in Woman's World 1 134/2 ‘This so-called nineteenth century’—as an impassioned young orator once termed it, after a contemptuous diatribe against the evils of modern civilisation.

1960 C. S. Lewis Stud. in Words ix. 226 Rose Macaulay noticed a tendency to prefix ‘so called’ to almost any adjective when it was used of those the speaker hated; the final absurdity being reached when people referred to the Germans as ‘these so-called Germans’.

1980 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Jan. 6/1 Examples of sneer words are ‘self-proclaimed’, ‘would-be’, ‘purported’ and that Soviet favorite, ‘so-called’.

(b)1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xl. 341 The leading so-called linendrapers of the metropolis.1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) His heavy working schedule did not keep the student out of so-called campus politics. Current Biog.1962 R. L. Carson Silent Spring viii. 86 The so-called Dutch elm disease entered the United States from Europe about 1930.1966 G. Greene Comedians i. ii. 46 New buildings..built for an international exhibition in so-called modern style.1968 Physics Bull. Nov. 373/1 The socalled Schrödinger representation.1977 C. Sagan Dragons of Eden ii. 41 Many spinal-cord neurons seem to have about 10,000 synapses, and the so-called Purkinje cells of the cerebellum may have still more.1979 P. Nihalani et al. Indian & Brit. Eng. i. 164 A number of so-called transformational grammarians are to attend the teachers' conference at Krishnapur next week.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	so-called
释义	so-calledadj. Forms: Also so called and as one word. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈso-called. 1. a. In predicative use (commonly without hyphen): Called or designated by that name. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > specific predicatively so-called1657 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 304 This Company of the Haberdashers, or Hurrers, of old time so-called. 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) at Rubrick A name given to a Book of the Civil Law, so called because the Heads of the Chapters were written in red Letters. 1737 R. Challoner Catholick Christian Instructed xviii. 181 The Cluniacenses, so called from their first Abbey of Cluny in France. 1831 W. Scott Count Robert viii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. II. 197 He would find him at the Philosopher's Gardens, so called, as belonging to the sage Agelastes. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. at Patrick's Purgatory Its entire history is to be found in Mr. Wright's work so called. 1863 A. C. Ramsay Physical Geol. & Geogr. Great Brit. 69 The Coralline Crag, so-called because it contains a large number of corals. b. Qualified by properly. ΚΠ 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing iv. 28 The soul is the sole Percipient, which alone hath animadversion and sense properly so called. 1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ Rom. ii. 17 Greece properly so called, that is, as distinguished from Macedonia. 1827 S. T. Coleridge Table-talk 24 June I do not think there is any jealousy, properly so called, in the character of Othello. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 43 A root, properly so called, is a fibre..which secretes certain elements from the earth. 2. In attributive use (hyphenated): Called or designated by this name or term, but not properly entitled to it or correctly described by it. Also loosely as a term of abuse.More recently, and now quite commonly (esp. in technical contexts), used merely to call attention to the description, without implication of incorrectness, as in (b). Cf. Dutch zoogenaamd, -genoemd, -gezeid, German sogenannt. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > specific attributively so-called1837 the mind > language > naming > [adjective] > named or called > without deserving the name named1532 improper1552 self-styled1640 equivocal1643 so-called1837 so-termed1843 so-styled1844 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [adjective] > in name only so-called1837 (a) 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ii. 20 The Right Side,..persists,..in considering,..all these so-called Decrees as mere temporary whims. 1862 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) III. i. §2. 39 The so-called elementary bodies being really compounds of at least two atoms of the true element. 1884 A. R. Pennington Wiclif vi. 193 Their so-called poverty is nothing else but a diabolical lie. 1888 O. Wilde in Woman's World 1 134/2 ‘This so-called nineteenth century’—as an impassioned young orator once termed it, after a contemptuous diatribe against the evils of modern civilisation. 1960 C. S. Lewis Stud. in Words ix. 226 Rose Macaulay noticed a tendency to prefix ‘so called’ to almost any adjective when it was used of those the speaker hated; the final absurdity being reached when people referred to the Germans as ‘these so-called Germans’. 1980 W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 13 Jan. 6/1 Examples of sneer words are ‘self-proclaimed’, ‘would-be’, ‘purported’ and that Soviet favorite, ‘so-called’. (b)1886 C. E. Pascoe London of To-day (ed. 3) xl. 341 The leading so-called linendrapers of the metropolis.1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) His heavy working schedule did not keep the student out of so-called campus politics. Current Biog.1962 R. L. Carson Silent Spring viii. 86 The so-called Dutch elm disease entered the United States from Europe about 1930.1966 G. Greene Comedians i. ii. 46 New buildings..built for an international exhibition in so-called modern style.1968 Physics Bull. Nov. 373/1 The socalled Schrödinger representation.1977 C. Sagan Dragons of Eden ii. 41 Many spinal-cord neurons seem to have about 10,000 synapses, and the so-called Purkinje cells of the cerebellum may have still more.1979 P. Nihalani et al. Indian & Brit. Eng. i. 164 A number of so-called transformational grammarians are to attend the teachers' conference at Krishnapur next week. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1657
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