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Meaning of self-educated in English

self-educated
adjective
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/ˌselfˈedʒ.ə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/ uk
/ˌselfˈedʒ.ʊ.keɪ.tɪd/
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A self-educated person has obtained knowledge or skills by themselves rather than being taught by other people:
Faraday was a self-educated man who became the greatest scientist of his day.
Largely self-educated, he worked as a printer before editing several short-lived newspapers.
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(Definition of self-educated from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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