self-proclaimed
{{Short description|Informal title given by the declarer}}
Self-proclaimed describes a legal title that is recognized by the declaring person but not necessarily by any recognized legal authority. It can be the status of a noble title or the status of a nation. The term is used informally for anyone declaring themselves to any informal title.
Examples
- Micronations such as Sealand are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged by any recognized sovereign state.{{Cite news |first= Elisabeth |last= Braw |title= Unhappy with the government? Follow the lead of 'Sealand' |url= http://metronews.ca/news/185992/unhappy-with-the-government-follow-the-lead-of-sealand/ |work= Metro News |date= 2010-06-29 |accessdate= 2015-04-16 |archive-date= 2012-11-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121111004653/http://metronews.ca/news/185992/unhappy-with-the-government-follow-the-lead-of-sealand/ |url-status= dead }}
- A self-proclaimed monarch such as Jean-Bédel Bokassa.
- Self-styled order, a chivalric order with unrecognised claim of historical legacy.
Usage
{{quote|Taking to her blog to blast Melissa Etheridge in poetic prose, the self-proclaimed 'Hollywood Farm Girl' said she was "blindsided" by the timing of the dissolution of their domestic partnership.{{Cite news|title=Melissa Etheridge's Ex "Blindsided" by Divorce |url=http://ca.eonline.com/uberblog/b188895_melissa_etheridges_ex_blindsided_by.html#ixzz0sk5LkiSY |work=E! |date=July 3, 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-04 }}}}
{{quote|In March, officials said that Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the attacks, probably would be tried before a military tribunal and that a decision appeared to be imminent.{{Cite news|title=Sept. 11 terrorism trials still in search of a venue|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/03/AR2010070302964.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 4, 2010 |accessdate=2010-07-04 | first=Jerry | last=Markon}}}}