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self-educated Definition

self·-educated (-ej′ə kāt′id)

adjective

educated or trained by oneself, with little or no formal schooling

self-educated Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • man: He was a self-educated man who became a Wesleyan Methodist preacher himself.

Modifying Another Word

  • largely: With both parents being non-practising, intelligent and largely self-educated people, they decided not to give me any formal religious education.