self-proclaimed

English

Etymology

self- +‎ proclaimed

Adjective

self-proclaimed (not comparable)

1. Announced by oneself, usually without recognition by others.

   Synonyms: self-styled, self-appointed, self-professed, self-ordained, soi-disant, wannabe, tryhard

   He was self-proclaimed king of the mountain. Since it was a mountain of garbage, nobody else wanted the title anyway.

   • 2020 April 8, Anthony Lambert, “National parks: rail can keep the cars away”, in Rail, page 52, photo caption:

     The small town of Pitlochry is the self-proclaimed gateway to the Scottish Highlands and the Cairngorms National Park.

Translations

announced by oneself — see also self-styled

• Bulgarian: самозван (bg) (samozvan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自稱的／自称的 (zh) (zìchēng de)

• Czech: samozvaný m
• Finnish: itsensä joksikin julistanut
• French: autoproclamé (fr)
• German: selbsternannt (de)
• Italian: autoproclamato m
• Japanese: 自称の (ja) (じしょうの, jishō no)
• Kazakh: өзін-өзі жариялаған (özın-özı jariälağan)
• Polish: samozwańczy (pl)
• Portuguese: autoproclamado
• Romanian: autoproclamat
• Russian: самопровозглашённый (ru) (samoprovozglašónnyj), самозва́ный (ru) (samozványj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: самкпроглашен

  Roman: samoproglašen (sh)

• Spanish: autoproclamado (es), autonombrado, autodeclarado m
• Swedish: självutnämnd (sv)
• Ukrainian: самопроголо́шений (samoproholóšenyj)