self-education

American  

[self-ej-oo-kay-shuhn] / ˈsɛlfˌɛdʒ ʊˈkeɪ ʃən /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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 • Feb. 21, 2023

Amid this self-education, Pitre found that just intonation samplers bored him because they were more concerned with mechanics than music.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2021

NYWell’s search engine and social media ads link to a Web site that provides assistance ranging from self-education and online peer support to more intensive professional care.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021

Within all of the racism self-education in which book sales indicate white Americans are engaging, they are likely to keep returning to one refrain.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2020

Teachers in the Age of Books.—Now that self-education and mutual education are becoming more widespread, the teacher in his usual form must become almost unnecessary.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm