self-education

[self-ej-oo-kay-shuhn]

noun

1. the process of becoming educated or generally well-informed through one's own efforts rather than through formal instruction.

Example Sentences

The burden of electronic health records and increased productivity requirements take time away from self-education.

From Salon

“That was really the beginning of my culinary education, my self-education,” Garten said.

From Salon

For the longest time, I’d been thinking about a character who took a childhood pledge of self-education to pursue a dream, and once she’s achieved it, the dream morphs into a nightmare.

From Los Angeles Times

There are a lot of cultural call-outs and homages in the books, and “Love and Rockets” can also be read as the story of the artists’ own personal growth, self-education and flowering interests.

From Los Angeles Times

As she embarks on an alternately aggressive and awkward sentimental self-education, she’s working from a depressingly limited road map, as far as her own pleasure and desires are concerned.

From Washington Post