Can I use [自称]{じしょう}ほど for things other than namesake?


> デス・クリムゾンはメーカーロゴ[画面]{がめん}[以外]{いがい}[自称]{じしょう}ほど[迫力]{はくりょく}がない。
>
> Other than its maker logo screen, Death Crimson is not as menacing as its
> namesake.

As with the sentence above, I can use 自称 for referring to namesake.

In [another question](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/4408/how-
do-i-convey-as-you-all-know), the phrase `as it's claimed to be` is suggested
to be translated to `言われているほど`. Can I use 自称 here instead? Like

> 我が国の教育制度は自称のほど良くない




To begin with, I do not think that the use of 自称 in the first sentence is
correct.
[自称](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E8%87%AA%E7%A7%B0&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=108389700000)
means how someone refers to him/herself (regardless of how others refer to
him/her). For example, 自称音楽家 means a self-styled musician. (This example was
taken form [New Century Japanese-English
Dictionary](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E8%87%AA%E7%A7%B0&dtype=3&dname=2ss&stype=0).)
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 名前から期待するほど instead of
自称ほど in the first sentence.

The use of 自称 in the second example is incorrect because 我が国の教育制度 (the
education system in our country) does not refer to itself as something good.




To begin with, I do not think that the use of 自称 in the first sentence is
correct.
[自称](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E8%87%AA%E7%A7%B0&dtype=0&dname=0ss&stype=0&pagenum=1&index=108389700000)
means how someone refers to him/herself (regardless of how others refer to
him/her). For example, 自称音楽家 means a self-styled musician. (This example was
taken form [New Century Japanese-English
Dictionary](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&p=%E8%87%AA%E7%A7%B0&dtype=3&dname=2ss&stype=0).)
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 名前から期待するほど instead of
自称ほど in the first sentence.

The use of 自称 in the second example is incorrect because 我が国の教育制度 (the
education system in our country) does not refer to itself as something good.

