self-education
English
Etymology
From self- + education
Noun
self-education (plural self-educations)
- The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.
- 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
- The directors of the company encouraged this movement for self-education by granting the use of a small cottage which stood at the rear of the present building.
Related terms
- self-educated
References
- “self-education”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary