Synonyms for so-called
so-called

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1. alleged(a), so-called, supposedadjective

   doubtful or suspect

   "these so-called experts are no help"

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

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1. List of paraphrases for "so-called":

   socalled, alleged, supposed, call, nn, supposedly, self-styled, purported, calls, called, callout

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1. Nancy Tomes:

   The wartime flavor of this is huge. Slacker is what you called someone who wasn't supporting the wartime effort.

2. Frederick Buechner, Wishful Thinking, 1973:

   Despair has been called the unforgivable sin--not presumably because God refuses to forgive it but because it despairs of the possibility of being forgiven.

3. Buzz Aldrin:

   I am using past history … and probabilities here and there – sometimes it’s called an educated guess, i think it’s going to work out real well because what we need is some kind of consistency with occasional surprise – you need to know when to throw in the unusual.

4. Jared Koerten:

   The trend is called 'pet humanization,' or treating them like your own children, people don't want to give their pets anything they wouldn't eat themselves.

5. President Biden:

   I have repeatedly called on Congress to pass the American Dream and Promise Act, and I now renew that call with the greatest urgency, it is my fervent hope that through reconciliation or other means, Congress will finally provide security to all Dreamers, who have lived too long in fear.