Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - self-proclaimed

1. Self-proclaimed is used to show that someone has given themselves a particular title or status rather than being given it by other people. ...a self-proclaimed expert... He is President of his own self-proclaimed republic. = self-confessed ADJ: ADJ n 2. Self-proclaimed is used to show that someone says themselves that they are a type of person which most people would be embarrassed or ashamed to be. One of the prisoners is a self-proclaimed racist who opened fire on a crowd four years ago. = self-declared ADJ: ADJ n