Self-taught

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Educated or trained by oneself.

    "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."

Example

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"Tom is a self-taught musician. He learned how to play the guitar and the piano by himself."

Etymology

From self- + taught.

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