Synonyms for so-called

Grammar : Adj

Spell : soh-kawld

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsoʊˈkɔld

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Définition of so-called

Origin : 1650s, from so + past participle of call (v.). As a "sneer word" (1980, Safire, who lumps it with self-proclaimed, would-be, and purported), from 1837.

adj supposed

Example sentences :

But the most curious monument at Autun is the so-called Pierre de Couhard.
Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

"That's the worst lot of so-called askaris I ever saw," he remarked.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Son-in-law and father-in-law; B., a so-called dvanda compound.
Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown

It forms the preface to an American edition of my so-called Fairy Tales.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

I was smart enough to fool all the so-called brains of the Solar System.
Extract from : « Irresistible Weapon » by Horace Brown Fyfe

For the so-called Christian there is no other way (but he is no Christian until he has taken it).
Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley

The most primitive of these is the so-called Duckmole, of Australia.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

It was in the house of a so-called Temple woman, who had adopted it, and she had taken every care of it.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

Then these (so-called) equals are not the same with the idea of equality?
Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

The so-called decision of Rhadamanthus is worthy of all admiration.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

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