self-taught
having become as specified by teaching oneself, without the aid of formal education: She’s a self-taught photographer who sells her work online.
learned by oneself: Particularly impressive is his self-taught mastery of the guitar.
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How to use self-taught in a sentence
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 | THE DAILY BEASTShe 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 Market | Daniel Gross | March 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTChen is a self-taught legal advocate but was never allowed to take formal law courses.
Chen Guangcheng Fears Authorities Will Persecute Relatives He Leaves Behind | Melinda Liu | May 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
In many of his pictures he gives the impression of a self-taught man, who sought to help himself to the best of his power.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherThis letter was addressed to one John Smybert, also a self-taught artist.
Art in England | Dutton CookWith singular good luck he found the means of carrying out his design in a self-taught mechanic, James Brindley.
History of the English People, Volume VIII (of 8) | John Richard GreenHis speech was the elaborated and painfully emphasized English of the self-taught East Sider.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. CobbThe eight-hour movement drew its inspiration from an economic theory advanced by a self-taught Boston machinist, Ira Steward.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States | Selig Perlman
British Dictionary definitions for self-taught
having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction
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