self-appointed guardian
collocation in Englishmeaningsofself-appointedandguardian
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self-appointed
adjective
uk/ˌself.əˈpɔɪn.tɪd/us/ˌself.əˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/
behaving as if you have responsibility or authority but without having been chosen by ...
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guardian
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡɑː.di.ən/us/ˈɡɑːr.di.ən/
a person who has the legal right and responsibility of taking care of someone who cannot take care of himself or herself, such as a child whose parents ...
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(Definition ofself-appointedandguardianfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He considers various explanations for their foolish hopes-the hubris of rationalist utopianism, the seduction of irrationalist messianism, the incompetence of intellectuals as aself-appointedguardianclass-and finds them all wanting.
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It is one thing to say that a person by himself ought to be aself-appointedguardianof public order.
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She is theself-appointedguardianof her small country, and frequently defends it against supernatural powers.
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They are mainly concerned to expose and critique the self-serving pronouncements of self-appointed guardians of correctness.
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That was a fight against those self-appointed guardians of the public finances at the other end of the corridor.
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They were self-appointed guardians of public health and the consumer interest.
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Once asked, there was no effective answer—only the bleat of protest from self-appointed guardians of culture, most of whom never watched television at all.
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I am also one of the self-appointed guardians of a free society.
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They have very strong "natural" herding and guarding instincts, leading them to become the self-appointed guardians of their homes.
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