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
In his youth he received but a slender education; but, however, he and three other brothers, through self-instruction, and cultivation of their natural talent, became eminent characters in various branches of knowledge and science.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
The purpose of this handbook is to give practical aid and guidance to librarians who are entirely inexperienced in the work of mending and repair of books and whose knowledge must be gained through self-instruction.
From Mending and Repair of Books by Margaret Wright Brown
