self-styled

[ self-stahyld ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈstaɪld /

styled, called, or considered by oneself as specified: a self-styled leader.

Origin of self-styled

First recorded in 1815–25

The phrase of choice to describe Rampal is “self-styled god-man,” which has been repeated ad nauseam in the press.

Is India’s Fallen ‘God-Man’ So Different From a Megachurch Pastor? |Jay Michaelson |November 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The self-styled ‘Art Criminal’ dazzled onlookers and made history when he tightrope walked between the WTC towers 40 years ago.

Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope |Anthony Haden-Guest |August 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As Petticrew wrote in 2011, Selye, the self-styled “Father of Stress,” had done important work in the 1930s and 1940s.

Thank You for Smoking: How Big Tobacco Created the ‘Type A’ Personality Myth |Kent Sepkowitz |July 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
And Chechen fighters from the self-styled Vostok battalion arrived in central Donetsk today for a rally.

Ukraine’s Chocolate King Wins |Jamie Dettmer |May 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

For a self-styled “manifesto,” the book is surprisingly personal and transparent.

Why The Tea Party Won’t Go Away And More Wisdom From Matt Kibbe |Michael Signer |April 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I had no self-styled "friends" at my elbow, to mock me by talking about my "talents!"

An Old Sailor's Yarns |Nathaniel Ames
The self-styled sheriff came to the surface and was pulled aboard the launch.

Frank Merriwell's Cruise |Burt L. Standish
It is not the bragging swashbucklers, the self-styled "bad men," who win the respect of the rough men upon the edges of the world.

Connie Morgan in Alaska |James B. Hendryx
A number of these self-styled experts possessed no other qualification than presumed familiarity with the handwriting of Dreyfus.

The Detection of Forgery |Douglas Blackburn
And he became more and more convinced that he had seen the self-styled preacher before.

The Cosmic Computer |Henry Beam Piper

self-styled

(prenominal) claiming to be of a specified nature, quality, profession, etc a self-styled expert