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Vinony

so-called

adjective

  1. commonly known as
  2. expression of disapproval of label
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊˌkɔːld/ / /ˈsoʊˌkɔld/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English so English called English so-called From so + called.

  1. So named; commonly called.

    “the so-called Ising mode”

    “About 200 guests were invited and entertained to lunch in the so-called booking hall at Waterloo; the contractors, Spiers & Pond Limited, were much praised for organising the repast, with attendant cloak room facilities, so well in such unfavourable surroundings.”

  2. commonly called by such a name, but false or unfitting.

    “These so-called "assistants" are making our jobs harder, not easier!”

    “[…]dawdling away the hours in the Park as if all the world and its millions of honest hard workers were created solely for the casual diversion of the so-called 'upper' classes,[…]”