self-taught

[ self-tawt ]

/ ˈsɛlfˈtɔt /

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adjective

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

Words nearby self-taught

self-sustaining, self-talk, self-tanning, self-tapping, self-tapping screw, self-taught, self-tender, self-test, self-torment, self-to-self, self-treatment

How to use self-taught in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
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Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
Children's Ways|James Sully
All the ordinary subjects in schools have been taught over and over again millions and millions of times.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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And all over the world each language would be taught with the same accent and quantities and idioms—a very desirable thing indeed.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

British Dictionary definitions for self-taught

self-taught

adjective

having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction

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