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self-styled

[self-stahyld]

adjective

  1. styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified.

    a self-styled leader.



self-styled

adjective

  1. (prenominal) claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etc

    a self-styled expert

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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-styled1

First recorded in 1815–25
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But how much progress is the self-styled "world's best peacemaker" really making?

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The state visit would have been unimaginable just two years ago, when President Ramaphosa led a delegation of African leaders to Kyiv on a self-styled peace mission.

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Yes, Miller explained, he’d been secretly seeing Ogorodnikova, but only as part of a bold, self-styled plan to infiltrate Soviet intelligence.

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As a self-styled political outsider born-and-bred in Hull, Campbell says he can "bridge the gap" between government and an area that's "being ignored".

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She is calling for a national ban, citing examples from another school where pupils set up an "Andrew Tate club", based on the self-styled misogynist, after consuming harmful content on social media.

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