self-anointed
adjective[before noun]
usuallydisapproving(alsoselfanointed)uk/ˌself.əˈnɔɪn.tɪd/us/ˌself.əˈnɔɪn.t̬ɪd/Someone who is self-anointed hasdecidedfor themselves that theydeserveaparticularimportantorpowerfulposition. :
She is now a self-anointedsoldierin her country's grass-rootsgreenrevolution.
In the show, self-anointedexpertsparachuteintocrisissituationsandwhipeveryone intoshape.
- Investors should beextremelywaryofexpensiveseminarswhere self-anointedgurusimplyyou can getrichquick.
- He is on a self-anointedmissiontopurifythepartyby takingpowerfrom thegoverningclassandreturningit to thepeople.
- This self-anointedmessengerofGodspendsmost of histimeraisingmoneyfrom hissupporters.
Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaintsomeone/yourselfwithsomething
- affirm
- annunciation
- avowedly
- awaken
- awakensomeonetosomething
- break
- break it/the news tosomeoneidiom
- breathe/say a wordidiom
- known
- on the recordidiom
- proclamation
- pronounce
- putsomethingout ofitsmiseryidiom
- rapporteur
- record
- resensitize
- rollout
- self-avowed
- statement