Self-education

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.

    "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."

  2. 2
    the process of educating yourself wordnet

Synonyms

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self-cultivation

Example

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"Mennad was doing a lot of self-education."

Etymology

From self- + education.

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