SO-CALLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does so-called mean? 

• SO-CALLED (adjective)
  The adjective SO-CALLED has 1 sense:

1. doubtful or suspect

  Familiarity information: SO-CALLED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SO-CALLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Doubtful or suspect

Synonyms:

alleged; so-called; supposed

Context example:

these so-called experts are no help

Similar:

questionable (subject to question)

 Context examples 

The best part about his new moon is that Mars will be friendly to it in an out-of-sign, so-called sextile to the new moon which denotes opportunity.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

KRACK would also affect various home appliances which can be controlled over Wi-Fi, within the so-called "Internet of things".

(Digital security researchers publicly reveal vulnerability in WPA2 WiFi protocol, Wikinews)

The peripheral zone contains large, so-called main glands, whose ducts run posteriorly to open into the urethra.

(Peripheral Zone of the Prostatic Parenchyma, NCI Thesaurus)

Th17 cells normally live in so-called barrier sites—such as the mouth, skin, and digestive tract—where germs make first contact with the body.

(Researchers identify immune culprits linked to inflammation and bone loss in gum disease, National Institutes of Health)

It is assumed that the basic defect is related to the repair of DNA damage, in particular that of so-called DNA crosslinks.

(Fanconi's Anemia, NCI Thesaurus)

"Disordered" materials are so-called because they are made up of objects that are in total disarray.

(Materials, like metallic glass, can help us understand how cells break, NSF)

Naturally occurring flavone or coumarin derivatives having the activity of the so-called vitamin P, notably rutin and esculin.

(Bioflavonoid, NCI Thesaurus)

The studies, released this week, show that the viruses belong to the so-called South American 1E lineage, which, according to the institute, has been predominant in Brazil since 2008.

(Brazil scientists find mutations in yellow fever virus, Agência Brasil)

These so-called monoclonal antibodies could prevent or treat infection with HIV or its monkey equivalent in mice and macaques.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)

Mutations in certain parts of mitochondrial DNA were more likely to be transmitted, such as those in the so-called D-loop region, which controls how mitochondrial DNA copies itself.

(Interplay between mitochondria and the nucleus may have implications for changing cell’s ‘batteries’, University of Cambridge)