self-education

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ education

Noun

self-education (plural self-educations)

  1. 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.

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