Can I use [自称]{じしょう}ほど for things other than namesake? > []{}[]{}[]{}[]{} > > Other than its maker logo screen, Death Crimson is not as menacing as its namesake. As with the sentence above, I can use for referring to namesake. In another question, the phrase `as it's claimed to be` is suggested to be translated to ``. Can I use here instead? Like >

To begin with, I do not think that the use of in the first sentence is correct. means how someone refers to him/herself (regardless of how others refer to him/her). For example, means a self-styled musician. (This example was taken form New Century Japanese-English Dictionary.) It is not really about a name, but about a self-claimed occupation or some other attribute of a person. I would say something like instead of in the first sentence.

The use of in the second example is incorrect because (the education system in our country) does not refer to itself as something good.