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so-called

so-called


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. popularly: popularly known as, but not necessarily by the speaker or writer
the so-called information superhighway

2. incorrectly: incorrectly known as
a so-called art expert


Word Usage

Quotation marks should not be used around expressions immediately following words like so-called and self-styled: He is a so-called generalissimo of capitalism [not a so-called "generalissimo of capitalism"].

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