self-styled

[ self-stahyld ]

adjective

1. styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified:

   a self-styled leader.

self-styled

adjective

1. prenominal claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etc

   a self-styled expert

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-styled¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The phrase of choice to describe Rampal is “self-styled god-man,” which has been repeated ad nauseam in the press.

From The Daily Beast

The self-styled ‘Art Criminal’ dazzled onlookers and made history when he tightrope walked between the WTC towers 40 years ago.

From The Daily Beast

As Petticrew wrote in 2011, Selye, the self-styled “Father of Stress,” had done important work in the 1930s and 1940s.

From The Daily Beast

And Chechen fighters from the self-styled Vostok battalion arrived in central Donetsk today for a rally.

From The Daily Beast

For a self-styled “manifesto,” the book is surprisingly personal and transparent.

From The Daily Beast

"My valet might object to the opponent I assigned him," said the self-styled gentleman and man of honor.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1830 Bentham had even to hold up 'Master Peel' as a 'model good boy' to the self-styled reformer.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet at the same time he was up in arms against the self-styled “moderns”!

From Project Gutenberg

There is a deplorable tendency among our self-styled aristocracy to look upon their circle as a class apart.

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Have we not, then, good reason to attribute it rather to the bearer of the message, to the self-styled interpreter of God's will?

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• alleged
• formal
• purported