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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People saw my growth [and related to being] self-taught and wanting to be an idol.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
Many of the artists are self-taught.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past decade, she’s cultivated a reputation for a new kind of defiant, autodidactic pop stardom.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Well, the moon-planet-star trio are among the brightest objects in our solar system, meaning the impending conjunction should be incredibly easy to spot for even the most amateur astronomers.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
16 Sep. 2025
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When an amateur true crime investigator arrives with the intention of tracking down the town's serial killer, the unlikely pair strike a truce to avoid being caught – and might just find a love story in their own madness.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Self-educated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-educated. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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