as in self-taught
having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training
a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online
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Adjective
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Many of the teachers had no formal training, and some of them were local Black people who were self-taught.—
Rodney Coates,
The Conversation,
16 June 2026 -
Largely self-taught, Cole was a relentless observer of material fact.—
Susan Tallman,
The Atlantic,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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His autodidactic impulses may lead him to the history of clock towers or to the interplanetary rarity of wood.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
Adjective
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Inside the house, a 33-year-old amateur gunsmith who goes by the pseudonym Yeezy wondered what to do.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2026
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In hacker circles, such moves are considered amateur mistakes.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
17 June 2026
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“Self-educated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-educated. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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