soi-disant [ˏswɑ:di:'zɔŋ]
adj.
自称的, 自命的
soi-disant[ adj ]
as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
<adj.all>
the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind
Soi-disant \Soi`-di*sant"\ (sw[aum]"d[-e]`z[aum]N"), a. [F.; soi
one's self + disant, p. pr. of dire to say.]
Self-named; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Only the underlying assumption offends, that what is now academic should be defended and promoted as being of the first current importance, the persistent heresy that only what is avant-garde, soi-disant revolutionary, can ever be truly significant.