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self-proclaimed

adjective

  1. proclaimed or described by oneself

    the self-proclaimed leader

“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


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The self-proclaimed “sun cream brigade” have made the pilgrimage across the Atlantic to perform at music’s sacred grounds in Indio on Friday at 6:10 p.m.

The hoarding tendencies of the self-proclaimed nerd have resulted in 165 visual and audio art exhibitions, including his traveling retrospective, “Myopia.”

Farage said society was trying to "feminise" young men in a way that made the views of self-proclaimed misogynist influencer Andrew Tate more appealing to them.

From BBC

Andrew Tate, 38, is a self-proclaimed "misogynist" who claims to have made millions from social media despite being previously banned from platforms for his views.

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Shields – the self-proclaimed 'Greatest Woman of All Time' - played up to the American villain role against Marshall in a fight which stemmed from an amateur rivalry.

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