Self-proclaimed
Self-proclaimed describes a legal title that is recognized by the declaring person but not necessarily by any recognized legal authority. It can be the status of a noble title or the status of a nation. The term is used informally for anyone declaring themselves to any informal title.
Examples
- A self-proclaimed monarch such as Jean-Bédel Bokassa.
- chivalric orderwith unrecognised claim of historical legacy.
Usage
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.[3]
See also
- Pretender
- Self-declared states
References
- Metro News. Archived from the originalon 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
- ^ "Melissa Etheridge's Ex "Blindsided" by Divorce". E!. July 3, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-07-04.