self professed

adjective

1. avowed; acknowledged.
2. professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
3. having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
4. alleged; pretended.

adjective (prenominal)

1. avowed or acknowledged
2. alleged or pretended
3. professing to be qualified asa professed philosopher
4. having taken vows of a religious order

adj.“openly declared,” 1560s, past participle adjective from profess. Earlier in a more specific sense of “having taken vows of a religious order” (late 14c.). Related: Professedly.