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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

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-styled1

First recorded in 1815–25
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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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Influencers like Andrew Tate, the self-styled “king of toxic masculinity” who is briefly mentioned in the series, are emblematic of the misogyny rampant on apps like Instagram and TikTok.

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