self-educated

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

adjective

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

Origin of self-educated

First recorded in 1810–20

Related formsself-ed·u·cat·ing, adjectiveself-ed·u·ca·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for self-educated

Contemporary Examples of self-educated

William Butler Yeats once called Carlyle “the chief inspirer of self-educated men.”
Hitler's Bedtime Reading
Timothy Ryback
October 17, 2008

Historical Examples of self-educated

I judged him to be of Irish descent, and it was patent that he was self-educated.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
Jack 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 Mouse
Herbert Quick
He originated in a country town, and is a self-educated man.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866
Various
He is self-educated, and does really know a multitude of things, but they are not so.
The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories
Mark Twain

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 Formsself-education, noun

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Word Origin and History for self-educated

adj.

1761, from self- + educated.