[soh-kawld] 
| 1. | called or designated thus: the so-called Southern bloc. |
| 2. | incorrectly called or styled thus: so-called intellectuals. |
| so-called (sō'kôld') adj.
Usage Note: Quotation marks are not used to set off descriptions that follow expressions such as so-called and self-styled, which themselves relieve the writer of responsibility for the attribution: his so-called foolproof method (not "foolproof method"). |