soi-disant

Speech parts

1. soi-disant - Adjective

2. soi-disant - Adverb

3. soi-disant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

self-styled active aspirant affected formal assumed committed supposed artificial competitive aggressive colored nominal ambitious bent

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Antonyms

passive casual inactive idle indifferent lazy

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Examples

All normal human beings have soi-disant mixed-up glands. The race is divided into two parts: those who know this and those who do not. Robert A. Heinlein

I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones. Manuel Puig

the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Sohonage SOHR soi SOIA soigne soignee