English-German translations for self-styled

• selbsternannt
  Bestimmte selbsternannte Interessenvertreter der arbeitenden Bevölkerung wollen die Richtlinie verwässern und wirkungslos machen. Certain self-styled defenders of working people want to emasculate the directive, and to render it toothless.
  Die in Feuchtgebieten lebende Vogelpopulation muss vor der Infizierung sowie vor den Kommandos selbsternannter Retter, die sie vernichten wollen, geschützt werden. The populations of birds living in wetlands must be protected both from the spread and from the teams of self-styled saviours exterminating them.

Definition of self-styled

• Claimed by the recipient, as a title one gave to oneself

Examples

• This self-styled king of the hill must prove himself before the title has any worth

Related words

• self-seeker
• self-seeking
• self-service
• self-sufficient
• self-sufficiency
• self-satisfied
• self-sustaining
• self-satisfaction
• self-sealing
• self-serving