self-styled
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of self-styled
First recorded in 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Paramount President Jeff Shell agreed to exit the company after being entangled in a legal battle with a controversial Las Vegas gambler and self-styled “fixer.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
African and Russian media identified him as a self-styled "pick-up artist" and online blogger in his thirties who had travelled to Ghana to secretly film his interactions with women.
From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026
Malinin, the self-styled 'Quad God', who is unbeaten in more than two years, pulled out two four-rotation quadruple jumps and a triple axel during an assured performance.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
Islam, the official state religion of Saudi Arabia, the self-styled guardian of Islam’s holiest sites, also prohibits alcohol consumption.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026
The inheritors of Mozart’s legacy in the twentieth century - classically-trained, self-styled ‘serious’ composers - struggled desperately with this challenge.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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