so-called

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌsəʊˈkɔːld/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈsoʊˈkɔld/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sōkôld)


so-called
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Synonyms:
commonly named, doubtfully called, nominal, professed, thus termed, wrongly named, popularly supposed, erroneously accepted as, usually supposed, also known as, aka, allegedly Collocations, soi-disant, nicknamed, pretend Collocations


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