Dic: call as meaning ‘suggest’ or ‘describe’

• The speech was interrupted by members of the Conservative Party, who called him a traitor.
• She calls me lazy and selfish.
• He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day.
• Anyone can call themselves a psychotherapist.

If you call someone or something a particular thing, you suggest they are that thing or describe them as that thing. [ V n n, V n adj, V it adj to-inf, V pron-refl n ]

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