self-taught
[self-tawt]
- taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- learned by oneself: a self-taught mastery of the guitar.
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Origin of self-taught
First recorded in 1715–25
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Examples from the Web for self-taught
Contemporary Examples
Tuchman was often criticized by academicians for being a self-taught historian with only a BA.
The 25-year-old self-taught sewer caters her designs to what her customers want.
Often their religion is self-taught, cherry-picking slogans from the religious texts or, these days, from videos on the Web.
The Terrorist Tipping Point: What Pushed the Tsarnaev Brothers to Violence?Christopher Dickey
April 23, 2013
She has a blog, Fox on Stocks, where the self-taught savant holds forth on the ins and outs of the market.
When Celebrities Like Mila Kunis Talk Stocks, It’s Time to Get Out of the MarketDaniel Gross
March 15, 2013
Chen is a self-taught legal advocate but was never allowed to take formal law courses.
Historical Examples
Both were self-taught, but one was intensely active, the other cogitative.
James Baker Pyne, born at Bristol, was a self-taught artist.
Masters of Water-Colour PaintingH. M. Cundall
James Ballantine must, however, be considered as a self-taught man.
This letter was addressed to one John Smybert, also a self-taught artist.
Art in EnglandDutton Cook
He was fond of boasting that he had made his own philosophy--he was a "self-taught" man!
Christianity and Greek PhilosophyBenjamin Franklin Cocker
self-taught
- having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction
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