self-educated

[ self-ej-oo-key-tid, self- ]

/ ˌsɛlfˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪ tɪd, ˈsɛlf- /

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adjective

educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.

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Origin of self-educated

First recorded in 1810–20

OTHER WORDS FROM self-educated

self-ed·u·cat·ing, adjectiveself-ed·u·ca·tion, noun

Words nearby self-educated

self-doubt, self-dramatizing, self-drive, self-driven, self-driving, self-educated, self-effacement, self-effacing, self-elected, self-employed, self-employment

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How to use self-educated in a sentence

William Butler Yeats once called Carlyle “the chief inspirer of self-educated men.”
Hitler's Bedtime Reading|Timothy Ryback|October 17, 2008|DAILY BEAST
He was a self-educated-man; he had formerly been a sapper and he was one of the best and handiest working engineers alive.
Tono Bungay|H. G. Wells
The older man was self-educated, brought up to a religious belief that was under attack by scholars and scientists.
Christianity and Problems of To-day: Lectures Delivered Before Lake Forest College on the Foundation of the Late William Bross|John Huston Finley
It may be said, however, that Pauline Garcia was self-educated as a vocalist.
Great Singers, Second Series|George T. Ferris

It must not be ignored that a startling proportion of our great business men are what are termed self-educated.
The Arena|Various
One of the most remarkable of self-educated men, James Ferguson, when a poor agricultural laborer, constructed a globe.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for self-educated

self-educated

adjective

educated through one's own efforts without formal instruction

educated at one's own expense, without financial aid

Derived forms of self-educated

self-education, noun

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