soi-disant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

soi-disant
    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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Soi-disant \Soi`-di*sant"\ (sw[aum]"d[-e]`z[aum]N"), a. [F.; soi
   one's self + disant, p. pr. of dire to say.]
   Self-named; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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