so-called

so-called
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1) ADJ: ADJ n You use so-called to indicate that you think a word or expression used to describe someone or something is in fact wrong.

These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle...

More and more companies have gone `green' and started producing so-called environmentally-friendly products.

2) ADJ: ADJ n You use so-called to indicate that something is generally referred to by the name that you are about to use.

...a summit of the world's seven leading market economies, the so-called G-7...

She was one of the so-called Gang of Four.


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