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Definition of Self-styled
1. Adjective. As claimed by and for yourself often without justification. "The self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"
Definition of Self-styled
1. Adjective. describing something claimed by the recipient, as a title one given to oneself. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-styled
Literary usage of Self-styled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Court Circles of the Republic, Or, The Beauties and Celebrities of the by Elizabeth Fries Ellet, R. E. Mack (1869)
"... splendid Party—self-styled Leaders who were Parvenues—Brilliant Entertainments—General
McDuffie—Captain Stockton—Madame ..."
2. Conservative Essays, Legal and Political by Samuel Smith Nicholas (1865)
"THIS convention of delegates to organize a State opposition to the further rule
of the self-styled Democratic party, and to propose such an opposition by ..."
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