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[ self-stahyld ] / ˈsɛlfˈstaɪld / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-styled ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivestyled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader. Origin of self-styledFirst recorded in 1815–25 Words nearby self-styledself-starter, self-sterile, self-stick, self-storage, self-study, self-styled, self-sufficient, self-suggestion, self-support, self-supporting, self-surrender Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-styledThe phrase of choice to describe Rampal is “self-styled god-man,” which has been repeated ad nauseam in the press. Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor?|Jay Michaelson|November 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST The self-styled ‘Art Criminal’ dazzled onlookers and made history when he tightrope walked between the WTC towers 40 years ago. Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST As Petticrew wrote in 2011, Selye, the self-styled “Father of Stress,” had done important work in the 1930s and 1940s. Thank You for Smoking: How Big Tobacco Created the ‘Type A’ Personality Myth|Kent Sepkowitz|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Chechen fighters from the self-styled Vostok battalion arrived in central Donetsk today for a rally. Ukraine’s Chocolate King Wins|Jamie Dettmer|May 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For a self-styled “manifesto,” the book is surprisingly personal and transparent. Why The Tea Party Won’t Go Away And More Wisdom From Matt Kibbe|Michael Signer|April 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST I had no self-styled "friends" at my elbow, to mock me by talking about my "talents!" An Old Sailor's Yarns|Nathaniel Ames The self-styled sheriff came to the surface and was pulled aboard the launch. Frank Merriwell's Cruise|Burt L. Standish It is not the bragging swashbucklers, the self-styled "bad men," who win the respect of the rough men upon the edges of the world. Connie Morgan in Alaska|James B. Hendryx A number of these self-styled experts possessed no other qualification than presumed familiarity with the handwriting of Dreyfus. The Detection of Forgery|Douglas Blackburn And he became more and more convinced that he had seen the self-styled preacher before. The Cosmic Computer|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for self-styled
adjective(prenominal) claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etca self-styled expert Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-styledostensible, titular, alleged, formal, purported, simple, given, puppet, apparent, honorary, mentioned, named, pretended, professed, seeming, so-called, stated, suggested, in name only, allegedly |