Translations for „soi-disant“ in the English » German Dictionary

soi-disant [ˌswɑ:ˈdi:zɑ͂(n), Am zɑ͂] ADJ attr, inv form

soi-disant

selbst ernannt

soi-disant

angeblich

soi-disant

so genannt

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English

Whichever was true, the soi-disant reformers lacked certain crucial personal qualities that must be present in any authentic reformer.

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It traces these soi-disant barons in an appendix.

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Welcome to the real, heartless world of soi-disant professional cricket, girls.

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Fanzines enabled fans to write not only about science fiction but about fandom itself and, in soi-disant perzine (i.e. "per" sonal "zine"), about themselves.

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This might be acceptable for a purely private ethnic association but it has scary overtones coming from soi-disant governments.

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