avowed

adjective \ ə-ˈvau̇d \

Definition of avowed

1 : openly acknowledged or declared

an avowed liberal/conservative

2 : asserted to be true or real : professed

their avowed purpose/goal/aim/intention

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The issue wasn't that every avowed nationalist who claimed membership in the alt-right was a Nazi or Klansman.

— jonah goldberg, Alaska Dispatch News, "Real conservatives reject alt-right madness," 16 Aug. 2017
Dylann Roof, a self-avowed white supremacist, murdered nine people at a Bible study class at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. in 2015.

— elizabeth weise, USA TODAY, "Reddit bans Nazis, discussions that incite violence," 26 Oct. 2017
Meredith was not charged with being a self-avowed practicing homosexual or with immorality.

— mark curnutte, Cincinnati.com, "Gay Methodist minister David Meredith, church claim victory," 18 Oct. 2017
The white victim construct is one that experts say, not so long ago, only had traction in avowed white supremacists, segregationists and neo-Nazi circles.

— janell ross, Washington Post, "‘It’s okay to be white’ signs and stickers appear on campuses and streets across the country," 3 Nov. 2017
Earlier this summer, Rock – an avowed Trump supporter – teased plans to run for U.S. Senate, even launching a website to promote his campaign in Michigan.

— lindsay kimble, PEOPLE.com, "Opposition to Kid Rock’s Potential Senate Run Grows After His Controversial Concert Comments," 13 Sep. 2017
Darnielle always has been an avowed opponent of nostalgia.

— carl wilson, Slate Magazine, "The Mountain Goats’ Goths Is Great Even if You Don’t Care About the Mountain Goats or Goths," 18 May 2017
When Peyton Manning was drafted by the Colts in 1998, Mike Pence—born in Indiana, raised in Indiana, college-educated in Indiana—was a conservative talk-show host and avowed Colts fan.

— peter king, SI.com, "Vice President Mike Pence Upstages Peyton Manning With Orchestrated Anthem Walkout," 8 Oct. 2017
Chatterjee, a Kentucky native and an avowed fan of coal, has a chance to give the fuel a boost against cheaper sources of power.

— catherine traywick, Bloomberg.com, "The Coal Fan With a Chance to Tip the Scales in Its Favor," 5 Oct. 2017

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First Known Use of avowed

14th century

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