: self-proclaimed
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But the answer was settled when two sparsely tested right-wingers progressed to the final members-only vote, after a divided party exiled every moderate and self-styled unifier from the race. Rob Picheta, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024 In The New Yorker article, Jennifer Wilson highlighted how these women were self-styled and often lacked the polish present in today’s world of photoshopping and filters. Camellia Burris, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024 Many of the women were self-styled, donning the sultrier version of their Sunday best. Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 25 June 2024 Best appreciated by fans of the self-styled and the well-meaning, Artomatic is a crowdsourced culture fair that’s been affronting art snobs for 25 years. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024 Bond is sent at the last minute to thwart an attempt to disrupt the coronation by the wealthy, eccentric and self-styled Athelstan of Wessex, who is on a deadly mission of his own to teach the United Kingdom a lesson. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Mar. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1640, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of self-styled was in 1640

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“Self-styled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-styled. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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self-styled

adjective
ˈself-ˈstī(ə)ld
: called by oneself
self-styled experts
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