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self-educated
[ self-ej-oo-key-tid, self- ]
adjective
- educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
self-educated
adjective
- educated through one's own efforts without formal instruction
- educated at one's own expense, without financial aid
Derived Forms
- ˌself-ˌeduˈcation, noun
Other Words From
- self-edu·cating adjective
- self-edu·cation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-educated1
Example Sentences
William Butler Yeats once called Carlyle “the chief inspirer of self-educated men.”
He was a self-educated-man; he had formerly been a sapper and he was one of the best and handiest working engineers alive.
The older man was self-educated, brought up to a religious belief that was under attack by scholars and scientists.
It may be said, however, that Pauline Garcia was self-educated as a vocalist.
It must not be ignored that a startling proportion of our great business men are what are termed self-educated.
One of the most remarkable of self-educated men, James Ferguson, when a poor agricultural laborer, constructed a globe.
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