self-styled
styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.
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The 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 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 | THE DAILY BEASTAs 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 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd Chechen fighters from the self-styled Vostok battalion arrived in central Donetsk today for a rally.
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 | THE DAILY BEAST
"My valet might object to the opponent I assigned him," said the self-styled gentleman and man of honor.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyIn 1830 Bentham had even to hold up 'Master Peel' as a 'model good boy' to the self-styled reformer.
The English Utilitarians, Volume I. | Leslie StephenYet at the same time he was up in arms against the self-styled “moderns”!
Prophets of Dissent | Otto HellerThere is a deplorable tendency among our self-styled aristocracy to look upon their circle as a class apart.
Worldly Ways and Byways | Eliot GregoryHave we not, then, good reason to attribute it rather to the bearer of the message, to the self-styled interpreter of God's will?
The Bible: what it is | Charles Bradlaugh
British Dictionary definitions for self-styled
(prenominal) claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etc: a self-styled expert
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