self-educated
adjective
educated by one's own efforts, especially without formal instruction.
self-educating
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a word derived from
self-educated.
Example Sentences
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“I took that tenacity I had at the gym and put it toward reading books and self-educating myself based on what my therapists have suggested,” Kenan said.
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2025
For young people, Mr. Teutsch said, it is a good idea to start self-educating on personal finance and talk about financial issues with friends or engage on social media and share how you save money.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2023
I generally alternate between literature and business books because I am self-educating.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2022
Players and coaches rallied around Brabencova from the start, self-educating themselves about a disease that is most common among Caucasian women of northern European ancestry.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 23, 2021
There developed a class of self-educating Negroes who were able to provide for their own enlightenment.
From The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Carter Godwin Woodson
