self-professed

adjective

self-pro·​fessed ˌself-prə-ˈfest How to pronounce self-professed (audio)
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Listed at 5-foot-9 – but self-professed to stand a half-inch shorter – the Tennessee product brings SEC speed to the outfield. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2025 As a nearly life-long Democrat from a fifth-generation Kansas family farm, a family of Trump supporters, and married to a self-professed, ultra-MAGA Trumper, I’m perplexed. Ted Trimpa, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of self-professed was in 1967

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“Self-professed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-professed. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.

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