self-educated
[self-ej-oo-key-tid, self-]
- educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
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Origin of self-educated
First recorded in 1810–20
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Examples from the Web for self-educated
Contemporary Examples
William Butler Yeats once called Carlyle “the chief inspirer of self-educated men.”
Historical Examples
I judged him to be of Irish descent, and it was patent that he was self-educated.
The Mutiny of the ElsinoreJack London
He was a sensualist in all ways, but a great and self-educated scholar.
The Greville Memoirs (Second Part)Charles C. F. Greville
You find this sort of thing in the utterances of self-educated recluses.
The Brown MouseHerbert Quick
He originated in a country town, and is a self-educated man.
He is self-educated, and does really know a multitude of things, but they are not so.
The $30,000 Bequest and Other StoriesMark Twain
self-educated
- educated through one's own efforts without formal instruction
- educated at one's own expense, without financial aid
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Word Origin and History for self-educated
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