self-taught
English
Etymology
self- + taught
Adjective
self-taught (comparative more self-taught, superlative most self-taught)
- Educated or trained by oneself.
- 1974, Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance:
- It's this understanding of Quality as revealed by stuckness which so often makes self-taught mechanics so superior to institute-trained men who have learned how to handle everything except a new situation.
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Translations
educated by oneself — see self-educated
See also
- autodidact
- self-educated