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self-education

self-education

3 4.1
Learning by yourself without a teacher or school
  • noun
  • /ˈsɛlfˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃən/
translation icon : autoeeducación
  • Self-education has become increasingly popular, with many people using online resources to teach themselves.

The sad reality is it seems like the more access we have to self education, the less self education happens.

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Examples

  • When he'd dropped out of college, Jangles had kept up his self-education, reading extensively in biology.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • His only means of learning was self-education.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The sad reality is it seems like the more access we have to self education, the less self education happens.

  • Jim said formal education will make you a living, but self education will make you a fortune.

  • And obviously self education can be via us on YouTube, for example, or via a mentor of some sort.

  • But I think there is something to be said about self-education and the Internet.

    Blog text (21)
  • No doubt that the web is the single biggest contributing factor for this "self-education revolution."

    Blog text (33)
  • The rest of the jobs require hard work, self-education, and self-responsibility.

    Blog text (23)
  • Creating a certificate program or college that is focused on self-education but has mentors and guidance.

    Blog text (33)
  • Twenty-eight years old at this point in their long correspondence, Elizabeth was an intelligent woman eager for self-education.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

self-cultivation
vsself-education
6.7

Working to improve yourself by learning and changing your habits

focuses on learning specific knowledge or skills without formal classes

Antonyms

141 1.9

Teaching or training given to help someone learn a skill

64 1.3

Learning a person gets at school

How Independent

self-education
3 4.1
schooling
64 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

self-education = education (transparent) = self + education

Productive combination of 'self-' and 'education' meaning education undertaken by oneself, which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Self-education joins self- ('your own') and education ('learning' or 'training'), so it means learning by yourself or teaching yourself.