self-taught

[ self-tawt ]

adjective
  1. having become as specified by teaching oneself, without the aid of formal education: She’s a self-taught photographer who sells her work online.

  2. learned by oneself: Particularly impressive is his self-taught mastery of the guitar.

Origin of self-taught

1
First recorded in 1715–25

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British Dictionary definitions for self-taught

self-taught

adjective
  1. having learnt oneself without any external or formal instruction

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