soi-disant - \swah-dee-ZAHN\, adjective: Self-styled; so-called.
The study exposes most varieties of 'human resource management' as a complete waste ofttimes promoted by soi-disant gurus and self-serving consultants with an eye for a quick buck.
-- "Support for an old-fashioned view", Independent, May 12, 1994
Via Webster's.
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