self-proclaimed
adjective
self-pro·claimed
ˌself-prō-ˈklāmd 
-prə-
: based on one's own assertion
a self-proclaimed genius
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The dramatic change could have been played as a sentimental take on how self-proclaimed liberals can still harbor racist views, but Van Peebles, in casting Godfrey Cambridge to play Jeff Gerber as both a Black man and a white man, uses the story to subvert Hollywood’s comfort with blackface.
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Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile self-proclaimed Niger defense chief Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou met with Guinea’s junta leader and transitional president Mamadi Doumbouya in Guinea’s capital Conakry.
—Umaro Djau, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
Half of the men are self-proclaimed Nice Guys earnestly looking for love, and the other half are secretly FBoys focused mainly on winning the $100,000 cash prize.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 July 2023
The Freeman brothers grapple with having to move from Chicago to the suburbs to live with their grandfather, Robert Freeman, an easily angered and self-proclaimed civil rights icon.
—Kris Marsh, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile self-proclaimed Niger defense chief Gen. Moussa Salaou Barmou met with Guinea’s junta leader and transitional president Mamadi Doumbouya in Guinea’s capital Conakry.
—Umaro Djau, CNN, 14 Aug. 2023
Half of the men are self-proclaimed Nice Guys earnestly looking for love, and the other half are secretly FBoys focused mainly on winning the $100,000 cash prize.
—Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 27 July 2023
The Freeman brothers grapple with having to move from Chicago to the suburbs to live with their grandfather, Robert Freeman, an easily angered and self-proclaimed civil rights icon.
—Kris Marsh, The Conversation, 15 Mar. 2023
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“Self-proclaimed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-proclaimed. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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