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self-confessed

self-confessed adjective: according to a person's own confession or admission.

Adjective

self-confessed (not comparable)

  1. According to a person's own confession or admission.
    • American democracy still prefers candidates to go from door to door and picnic to picnic, shaking hands. Trump is going have to conquer his self-confessed germophobia if he’s going to win2016 February 2, Timothy Stanley, “Donald Trump bid badly wounded in Iowa”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2016
    • A self-confessed novice in transport policy, it didn't take long for Greenwood to become well acquainted with the subject.2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 31

Origin of self-confessed

From self- + confessed.

Questions about self-confessed

What does self-confessed mean?
Self-confessed means according to a person's own confession or admission.
What part of speech is self-confessed?
Self-confessed is an adjective.

Words near self-confessed in the dictionary

  1. self-concept
  2. self-conception
  3. self-conceptions
  4. self-concepts
  5. self-condemned
  6. self-confessed
  7. self-confidence
  8. self-confidences
  9. self-confident
  10. self-confidently
  11. self-confiding

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