self-proclaimed

English

Etymology

self- +‎ proclaimed

Adjective

self-proclaimed (not comparable)

Announced by oneself, usually without recognition by others.
Synonyms: self-styled, soi-disant

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

Translations

announced by oneself

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自稱的 (zh), 自称的 (zh) (zìchēng de)
Czech: samozvaný m
Finnish: itsensä joksikin julistanut
French: autoproclamé (fr)
German: selbsternannt
Italian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: 自称の (ja) (じしょうの, jishō no)
Kazakh: өзін-өзі жариялаған (özin-özi jarïyalağan)
Portuguese: autoproclamado
Romanian: autoproclamat
Russian: самопровозглашённый (ru) (samoprovozglašónnyj), самозва́ный (ru) (samozványj)
Spanish: autoproclamado (es), autonombrado

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