自じ称しょう

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自称する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

noun-modifying (irregular)

self-proclaimed; self-styled; would-be

Used prenominally to describe someone who claims a title, role, or quality for themselves, often with a skeptical or ironic tone.

calling oneself; professing to be; describing oneself as

Noun or suru-verb use: the act of claiming an identity or title for oneself. Often implies the claim is not widely accepted.

Grammar term: the first-person grammatical person (I, we). Used in linguistic contexts.

自じ称しょう〈物もの〉self-proclaimed ~ (title, occupation, role)
彼かれは自じ称しょう作さっ家かだが、本ほんを出しゅっ版ぱんしたことがない。
He calls himself a writer, but he's never published a book.
〈事こと〉だと自じ称しょうするto claim/profess to be ~
彼かれは医い者しゃだと自じ称しょうしているが、資し格かくを持もっていない。
He claims to be a doctor, but he has no license.

自じ認にん sense 2
自称 often carries a skeptical 'so-called' nuance about an unverified claim, while 自認 is a more neutral or sincere acknowledgment of something about oneself.
称しょうす
自称する and 称す (in its 'claim/pretend' sense) both describe asserting an unverified identity or title, but 自称する is the more everyday, explicit word for self-proclaiming.
自じ任にん
自称 is the everyday word for 'self-proclaimed' and often prefixes a noun (自称〜), while 自任 implies taking on a role or responsibility with a stronger sense of self-appointment.
名な乗のる
自称する is a suru-verb meaning to call oneself something without external recognition, while 名乗る is the more general verb covering both neutral self-introduction and self-proclaimed claims.
称しょうするN1
自称する specifically marks a self-proclaimed title, often with a skeptical tone, while 称する is the broader formal verb that can also mean to name, designate, or praise.

他た称しょう sense 3
自称 is a title or identity a person claims for themself, while 他称 is a name or role that others use to refer to them (and, grammatically, the third person).

対たい称しょうN1sense 3
自称 (first person) and 対称 (second person, in grammar; also 'symmetry' in general use) are easy to mix up because they share kanji and appear together in grammatical-person terminology.
公こう称しょう
自称 is a self-proclaimed title or claim made by the person themselves, while 公称 is an official claim made by an organization or authority.

Sino-Japanese compound of 自 (self) and 称 (name, call). The grammatical sense is a direct borrowing from Chinese linguistic terminology.