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Micronations such as Sealand are small, self-proclaimed entities that claim to be independent sovereign states but which are not acknowledged by any recognized sovereign state. [1] A self-proclaimed monarch such as Jean-Bédel Bokassa. Self-styled order, a chivalric order with unrecognised claim of historical legacy.
A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that comes true at least in part as a result of a person's belief or expectation that the prediction would come true. [1] In the phenomena, people tend to act the way they have been expected to in order to make the expectations come true. [ 2 ]
Self-righteousness (also called sanctimony, sententiousness, and holier-than-thou attitudes) [1] [2] is an attitude and belief of moral superiority derived from a person deeming their own beliefs, actions, or affiliations to be of greater virtue than those of others. [3]
The word bimbo derives from the Italian bimbo, [4] a masculine-gender term that means "little or baby boy" or "young (male) child" (the feminine form of the Italian word is bimba). Use of this term began in the United States as early as 1919, and was a slang word used to describe an unintelligent [ 5 ] or brutish [ 6 ] man.
Autocephaly (/ ɔː t ə ˈ s ɛ f əl i /; from Greek αὐτοκεφαλία (autokephalia) ' self-headed ') [1] is the status of a hierarchical Christian church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. [2] The term is primarily used in Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Online dictionary Collins English Dictionary, published by HarperCollins, gives a similar definition: "An entity, typically existing only on the internet or within the private property of its members, that lays claim to sovereign status as an independent nation, but which is unrecognized by real nations."
The Old French bacheler presumably derives from Provençal bacalar and Italian baccalare, [2] but the ultimate source of the word is uncertain. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] The proposed Medieval Latin * baccalaris ("vassal", "field hand") is only attested late enough that it may have derived from the vernacular languages, [ 2 ] rather than from the southern ...
A nerd is a person seen as overly intellectual, obsessive, introverted, or lacking social skills.Such a person may spend inordinate amounts of time on unpopular, little known, or non-mainstream activities, which are generally either highly technical, abstract, or relating to niche topics such as science fiction or fantasy, to the exclusion of more mainstream activities.