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self-appointed

Speech parts

1. self-appointed - Adjective

2. self-appointed - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

designated or chosen by yourself

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For many years I was a self-appointed inspector of snowstorms and rainstorms and did my duty faithfully, though I never received payment for it. Henry David Thoreau

So, Americans, then. Self-appointed vigilante defenders of the world, kind of like Superman, if Superman was retarded and only fought crime when he felt like it. Ben Croshaw

Old gods sometimes do that in their retirement. They become galactic social workers, self-appointed do-gooders. Sheri S. Tepper

The threat to globalization is not the wasted American dollars but Washington's readiness to mix US commercial interests with its self-appointed role as global protector. William Greider

Political correctness is the natural continuum from the party line. What we are seeing once again is a self-appointed group of vigilantes imposing their views on others. It is a heritage of communism, but they dont seem to see this. Doris Lessing

[Mujahedeen], by the way, don't represent Islam in any formal sense. They're not imams or sheiks. They are self-appointed warriors for Islam. Edward Said

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