Self-proclaimed describes a legal title that is recognized by the declaring person but not necessarily by any recognized legal authority.
The term is used informally for anyone declaring themselves to any informal title.
Taking to her blog to blast Melissa Etheridge in poetic prose, the self-proclaimed 'Hollywood Farm Girl' said she was "blindsided" by the timing of the dissolution of their domestic partnership.
[2]In March, officials said that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks, probably would be tried before a military tribunal and that a decision appeared to be imminent.
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