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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: designated or chosen by yourself; "a self-appointed guardian of public morals"

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1792 appointed by oneself ; self-proclaimed

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. designated so by oneself, not authorized by another (a self-appointed guardian).

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A self-appointed leader or ruler has taken the position of leader or ruler without anyone else asking them or choosing them to have it. ...the new self-appointed leaders of the movement. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Moby Thesaurus

assuming, busy, busybody, forward, impertinent, inquisitive, insolent, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, officious, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, prying, pushing, pushy, self-elect, snoopy, would-be





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