self-educated
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- adjective
- /ˌsɛlfˈɛdʒʊˌkeɪtɪd/
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autodidacta
- Eric Swain is a self-educated game critic.
- self-educated blacksmith
Examples
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The famously self-educated Lincoln is an enthusiastic lover of theater.
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Self-educated students have a high level of problem-solving skills and abilities.
Blog text (17) -
So he was self educated and helped raise his siblings.
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He was a self-educated man.
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And he's entirely self-educated, you know.
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He is self-educated, and really knows a multitude of things.
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That is Abraham Lincoln, a self-educated statesman who has abolished slavery and will go on to end the war and save the Union.
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Thomas Davenport, inventor of the electric motor, was a self-educated blacksmith with a passion for reading.
Academic text (2000) -
Jack VanDyke is a self-educated student of the city's cycling history who works at a local bike space called The Hub of Detroit.
Blog text (11) -
She became aself-educated expert in history by reading books and articles on her own.
Synonyms
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Learning things on their own without formal lessons
How Educated
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Etymology
Self-educated combines self ('oneself') and educated (the same root you see in education, meaning 'to be taught'), so it means someone who learned by their own effort rather than at a school.