as in autodidactic
having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training
the cellist's success is all the more remarkable because she is self-taught
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Recent Examples of self-taught
Upon discovering that his pop star hero, Prince, was self-taught, the teen picked up a guitar.
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Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
His legal training is all self-taught, as is everything with Dwight.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Tanya Tagaq, another artist pushing throat singing into the ether, is self-taught almost by accident.
—Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
Tech companies have been among the first to drop requirements; in my book there are several programmers who learned via short-term programs or, in one case, a man who self-taught and is now making close to $200,000 a year.
—Karin Klein, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
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Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Oct. 2024
His legal training is all self-taught, as is everything with Dwight.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Tanya Tagaq, another artist pushing throat singing into the ether, is self-taught almost by accident.
—Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
Tech companies have been among the first to drop requirements; in my book there are several programmers who learned via short-term programs or, in one case, a man who self-taught and is now making close to $200,000 a year.
—Karin Klein, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for self-taught
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“Self-taught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-taught. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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