instruction
noun
the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education.
self-instruction
-
a word derived from
instruction.
Example Sentences
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On one side of Woese, he said, was this great depth of learning — mostly acquired by self-instruction, not formal training — and a relentless questioning.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2018
Follow Abraham Lincoln’s famous self-instruction: “I do not like that man; therefore I shall get to know him better.”
From Time ● Aug. 4, 2014
Only two weeks into his presidency he compiled three pages of self-instruction demanding that he be "Compassionate, Bold, New, Courageous," that he show "Zest for the job" and be seen as "not lonely, but awesome."
From Time Magazine Archive
A limited attendance at school he supplemented by devoting his intervals of toil to self-instruction.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
This indicates continuous, most industrious, and most wise self-instruction.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
