Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having taught oneself without formal instruction or the help of others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Taught by one's self only: as, a self-taught genious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Taught by one's own efforts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Educated ortrained by oneself.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The geeks are mostly self-taught, which is why they have to bring in people like D-squared, and even so they're outclassed by Chinese teenagers.
The Most Dangerous Game Tom Shippey 2011
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The fears are all thanks to a purported prediction of a major Roman quake Wednesday attributed to self-taught seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979.
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This postcard featuring a painting by self-taught Cuban artist José Garcia Montebravo comes to me from Postmuse.
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Last year's priciest painting: "Eagle Standing on Pine Tree" 1946 by self-taught painter Qi Baishi.
Art's New Pecking Order Kelly Crow 2012
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But his trap-set technique was largely self-taught.
A Propulsive Force for Jazz Larry Blumenfeld 2011
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The fears are all thanks to a purported prediction of a major Roman quake Wednesday attributed to self-taught seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979.
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A former boxer and self-taught architect, his brash style and unabashed criticisms of Japanese society over the past three decades have made him an influential maverick in his home country.
Building Anew Out of Tsunami's Rubble Yoree Koh 2011
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Esquivel, a self-taught child prodigy, performed on radio as a pre-teen, and led a 27-piece orchestra for Mexico City's top radio station by his early 20s.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 189-Rewind Phil Ramone 2011
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Christopher Rees is another self-taught value investor but runs a concentrated portfolio of only ten stocks; his average annual return for the last decade is 24%.
Tap Your Inner Buffett Matthew Schifrin 2010
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A self-taught guitarist, Junior quit school and entered the workforce to help his family.
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 189-Rewind Phil Ramone 2011
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