1. as claimed by and for yourself often without justification; - Example: "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind"; [syn: self-styled, soi-disant]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
self-styled
adj 1: as claimed by and for yourself often without
justification; "the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of
any kind" [syn: self-styled, soi-disant]