adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a self-styled religious leader
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The self-styled Leader of the New Republic refused all attempts at negotiation by the former government.
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These self-styled complementary therapists make a fortune out of preying on the gullibility of often very sick people.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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How could a self-styled poet be so oblivious to taste?
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Len Shackleton Len Shackleton, the self-styled clown prince of football, has died aged 78.
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The self-styled Brahmin of the Banal kept my fear-levels up to scratch by manifesting himself unexpectedly.