soi-disantadjective
uk/ˌswɑː.diːˈzɑ̃ː/usused to say that someone claims to be a particular thing, especially when you do not accept that person's claim. Soi-disant comes from French:
a soi-disant literary critic
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Assertions & asserting
- airing
- assert
- assertion
- attestation
- aver
- claim
- emphatic
- foot
- lay
- lay sth on the line idiom
- maintain
- make out sth
- misstate
- reaffirm
- set
- story
- take
- take it from me idiom
- take sth from sb
- that's my story and I'm sticking to it idiom
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