Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Self-styled; so-called.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Calling one's self; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Self-named; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Self-styled ; self-proclaiming;self-proclaimed . - adverb
supposedly
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Considering how opposed many conservative Christians are even to soft-core pornography (at least publicly!), I find it hard to fathom how a soi-disant conservative Christian can legitimately justify posing for titillating photographs with the goal of material and professional gain in mind — and especially not while technically still a minor (Prejean was not yet eighteen when she chose to pose for the topless photographs).
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And the more soi-disant libertarians defend him, the more they tarnish their putatively non-racist philosophy.
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Even the rare soi-disant "butcher shops" obtain their goods from far-flung and unidentified sources, the product often pre-cut and pre-packaged and pre-almost-everything.
Neil Zevnik: Small Town Hearts in the Big City: A Slow Food Tale Neil Zevnik 2011
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Just once itd be nice to hear from a soi-disant Middle East expert not named Goldberg, Friedman, or Lipshitz.
Matthew Yglesias » No “Mistake” in Sharon’s Gaza Disengagement Plan 2010
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Even the rare soi-disant "butcher shops" obtain their goods from far-flung and unidentified sources, the product often pre-cut and pre-packaged and pre-almost-everything.
Neil Zevnik: Small Town Hearts in the Big City: A Slow Food Tale Neil Zevnik 2011
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Even the rare soi-disant "butcher shops" obtain their goods from far-flung and unidentified sources, the product often pre-cut and pre-packaged and pre-almost-everything.
Neil Zevnik: Small Town Hearts in the Big City: A Slow Food Tale Neil Zevnik 2011
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When Libya first erupted against its dictator, Barack Obama, David Cameron and the rest of the soi-disant leaders of the free world appeared to enjoy the good fortune of avoiding that choice.
Instead of fearing another Iraq, the west must do right by Libya | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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[...] #3: Julian Sanchez: How is it that there are so many soi-disant liberal guys who think that the rule against [...] sidereal
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Even the rare soi-disant "butcher shops" obtain their goods from far-flung and unidentified sources, the product often pre-cut and pre-packaged and pre-almost-everything.
Neil Zevnik: Small Town Hearts in the Big City: A Slow Food Tale Neil Zevnik 2011
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I am being generous when I say that Barack Obama, David Cameron, Nicolas Sarkozy and the rest of the soi-disant "leaders of the free world" have often struggled to articulate a principled and coherent response to the popular revolts that have spread from Tunis to Cairo.
The west should cheer, not fear, this cry for freedom in Egypt | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
jennarenn commented on the word soi-disant
Somebody *really* disagrees with the tofu.
July 19, 2008
raven_in_the_woods commented on the word soi-disant
"You remember, of course," resumed the soi-disant de Worms, pulling his beard and looking out of the window, "that when we broke up rather hurriedly the whole arrangements for the atrocity were left in the private hands of the Marquis and Dr. Bull."
-The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton
September 30, 2010
TankHughes commented on the word soi-disant
@BCDreyer just used this on Twitter and I didn't know what it meant.
https://twitter.com/BCDreyer/status/644183607540625408
"And New York, the soi-disant center of the civilized universe, is not, by a long shot, off the hook."
September 16, 2015
qms commented on the word soi-disant
jennarenn's comment from 2008 is a brilliant aperçu.
February 28, 2016