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Meanings of self-styled in inglês

As claimed by and for yourself often without justification.

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Examples for "soi-disant"
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She knew not the conventionalities of the world, of society, of circles refined, soi-disant.
The Scalp Hunters
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Without arms, and the will to use them, even a soi-disant army is ridiculous.
The Irish Times
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He was a soi-disant savant on human nature and a particular expert on mankind's credulity.
The Irish Times
4
The soi-disant "Conseiller de Cour" has probably nothing to do with the Court.
Russia
5
This, however, was protected by the soi-disant soldiers, who stood their ground manfully against them.
Jack Archer: A Tale of the Crimea
Usage of self-styled in inglês
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The self-styled Richard of York is known to history as Perkin Warbeck.
England under the Tudors
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Lisa Bedford, the self-styled Survival Mom, has written a really thorough how-to.
The Guardian
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The group claimed, through its self-styled news agency, it carried out the attack.
Radio NZ
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The only crime of the victims was to breach the IRA's self-styled code.
The Irish Times
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The decision of the self-styled 'Universal Boss' caught even his captain by surprise.
Reuters
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Quite an admission from a self-styled advertising guru and Tedtalks favourite.
The Irish Times
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And he led her quickly past the place where the self-styled gentleman lay.
That Printer of Udell's: A Story of the Middle West
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Meanwhile, the numbers using self-styled low-fare airlines and hotel booking websites have soared.
The Irish Times
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The EFF's self-styled commander-in-chief knows just how to wind up the ANC leadership.
The Guardian
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But what's next for Dr No and his self-styled revolutionaries is less certain.
The Guardian
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It was one of the self-styled Roolian noblemen: a Duke Kurran, or Kherran.
Stonewielder
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The most well-known 'self-styled' satanic serial killer is Richard Ramirez, a.k.a.
Book of shadows
13
The BBC's Julia Carneiro followed the self-styled King of Passinho for a day.
BBC
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D'Annunzio, the self-styled poet of slaughter, caught the joyful mood in a couplet:
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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Mélenchon is the self-styled modern-day incarnation of the revolutionary leader Robespierre.
The Irish Times
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What will this self-styled Legate do should I decline his invitation?
Orb Sceptre Throne