self-styled en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English styled English self-styled From self- + styled.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Claimed by the recipient, as a title one gave to oneself.
If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility.
2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022:Partial results showed Hollande – a former Socialist party leader, rural MP and self-styled Mr Normal – with a clear lead at more than 28%, compared with Sarkozy on 27%.
2012 April 23, Angelique Chrisafis, “François Hollande on top but far right scores record result in French election”, in the Guardian:“A more heartfelt word, notwithstanding its playfulness,” said the elder lady, “than some of those self-styled patriots, that come here to give us laws, would pronounce, I have no doubt.”
1847, Emily Chubbuck, Allen Lucas, the Self-made Man, page 152:This self-styled king of the hill must prove himself before the title has any worth.
Synonyms
tryhard · wannabe · self-professed · self-proclaimed · soi-disant · self-ordained · self-appointed
Translations (12)
cmn 自詡的 /自诩的 (claimed by the recipient) · fr autoproclamé (claimed by the recipient) · es autoproclamado (claimed by the recipient) · cmn 自任的 (claimed by the recipient) · es sedicente (claimed by the recipient) · cmn 自稱的 /自称的 (claimed by the recipient) · hi स्वघोषित (claimed by the recipient) · mk самопрогласен (claimed by the recipient) · de selbsternannt (claimed by the recipient) · fi kotikutoinen (claimed by the recipient) · cmn 自封的 (claimed by the recipient) · fr soi-disant (claimed by the recipient)