Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Culture, training, or education of one's self without the aid of teachers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Culture, training, or education of one's self by one's own efforts.

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Examples

  • In its original, classical form, hatha yoga is part of a comprehensive system of spiritual philosophy and self-culture that comes out of the Indian tradition.

    Sally Kempton: Should Christians Do Yoga? Sally Kempton 2010

  • In its original, classical form, hatha yoga is part of a comprehensive system of spiritual philosophy and self-culture that comes out of the Indian tradition.

    Sally Kempton: Should Christians Do Yoga? Sally Kempton 2010

  • In its original, classical form, hatha yoga is part of a comprehensive system of spiritual philosophy and self-culture that comes out of the Indian tradition.

    Sally Kempton: Should Christians Do Yoga? Sally Kempton 2010

  • In its original, classical form, hatha yoga is part of a comprehensive system of spiritual philosophy and self-culture that comes out of the Indian tradition.

    Sally Kempton: Should Christians Do Yoga? Sally Kempton 2010

  • They may have emphasized secular self-culture more than religious conversion, but like traditional Christians they believed that all people have value.

    Philocrites: Spring issue of UU World now available. 2009

  • The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him, but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another or to purchase any kind of self-culture.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him, but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another or to purchase any kind of self-culture.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him, but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another or to purchase any kind of self-culture.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him, but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another or to purchase any kind of self-culture.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

  • The wealthy man may pay others for doing his work for him, but it is impossible to get his thinking done for him by another or to purchase any kind of self-culture.

    The Master Key System Charles F. Haanel 2008

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