commonly designated by the name or term specified. ▶expressing one's view that such a name or term is inappropriate: her so-called friends.

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“I personally think that using the term Isil or ‘so-called’ would be better than what [the BBC] currently do,” Cameron said. “I don’t think we’ll move them all the way to Daesh, so I think saying Isil is probably better than Islamic State because it is neither, in my view, Islamic or a state.”

The so-called "dating apocalypse" Vanity Fair coined in its recent article unearthed some grim realities around modern relationships, on college campuses and beyond.