SO-CALLED | Definition and Meaning

Definition of So-called

So-called

so-called

Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

commonly named, often with a connotation that the item is not worthy of that name or is falsely or improperly so named;

e.g. The country of so-called America was built on the blood of the indigenous peoples.

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