as in autodidactic
having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training
the cellist's success is all the more remarkable because she is self-taught
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Recent Examples of self-taught
The executive was impressed by how adeptly the lifelong music fan, though largely self-taught, picked up the publishing side of the industry.
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The entire organization is invited to attend and the courses offered will be taught by Canva employees, including a mix of technologists and those who are more self-taught.
—John Kell, Fortune, 25 June 2025
Buddy Esquire—born Lemoine Thompson in 1958—was self-taught.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025
Heather reveals that Charlotte is mostly self-taught, learning from online tutorials.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The entire organization is invited to attend and the courses offered will be taught by Canva employees, including a mix of technologists and those who are more self-taught.
—John Kell, Fortune, 25 June 2025
Buddy Esquire—born Lemoine Thompson in 1958—was self-taught.
—April White, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025
Heather reveals that Charlotte is mostly self-taught, learning from online tutorials.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-taught
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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
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The Thursday Murder Club is about amateur sleuths.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Denmark’s National Police Commissioner Thorkild Fogde told CNN Tuesday that these were not amateur or hobby drones, but rather large drones that likely had a capable operator.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Self-taught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-taught. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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