Meanings
adjectiveself-described (not comparable)
- not comparableDescribed by oneself; in one's own words.
A self-described "serial entrepreneur", he left school at 16 to start a cleaning company.
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He sometimes appears in content with self-described members of the “Intellectual Dark Web.”
2018 September 18, Rebecca Lewis, “Alternative Influence: Broadcasting the Reactionary Right on YouTube”, in Data & Society, archived from the original on 25 May 2022
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Translations
Finnish itseään ... kuvaava
- itseään ... kuvaavaTranslations
Polish samozwańczy
- samozwańczyTranslations
Russian самоописанный
- самоописанный (samoopisannyj)Translations
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APA
self-described. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-described
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“self-described.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-described. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-described,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-described.
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