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Definition of Self-educated
1. Adjective. Educated by your own efforts rather than by formal instruction.
Definition of Self-educated
1. Adjective. Of a person, having learned without the direction of a teacher. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-educated
Literary usage of Self-educated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Initials and Pseudonyms: A Dictionary of Literary Disguises by William Cushing (1885)
"... Kincardineshire ; chiefly self-educated ; in 1845 was married to the Hon.
and Rev. Richard Boyle; and since 1801 has been much devoted to artistic ..."
2. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"... first master as an original genius, self-educated, loving art and the country.
Although the journal of the following years is somewhat vague in details, ..."
3. A Biographical History of Lancaster County: Being a History of Early by Alexander Harris (1872)
"It thus appears that he is mainly self-educated; and this, coupled with the fact
that he is thoroughly well-educated, is something of which he has abundant ..."
4. The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes by George Lillie Craik (1830)
"self-educated men continued. Ferguson.—Influence of accident iu ... AMONG self-educated
men there are few who claim more of our admiration than the ..."
5. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1835)
"was entirely self-educated, evinced such penetration in his anatomical discoveries,
... This race of the self-educated are apt to consider some of their own ..."
6. A Discourse on the Life, Character, and Public Services of James Kent, Late by John Duer (1848)
"... in a great measure, self-educated—self-educated even in those branches of
knowledge that in his transit through academies and colleges he seemed to have ..."
7. References for Literary Workers: With Introductions to Topics and Questions by Henry Matson (1892)
"Are college-bred men, as a class, superior in mental attainments and culture to
self-educated men? What study can do for a man depends, first and most of ..."
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