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self-inˈstructed, ppl. a.
[self- 2.]
Self-educated, self-taught. So self-inˈstruction; self-inˈstructor (used as a title for a manual of self-instruction).
1833J. S. Mill in Tait's Mag. III. 348 Narrowness and self-conceit..are the..failings of the *self-instructed.
a1704T. Brown Lond. & Lacedem. Oracles Wks. 1709 III. iii. 136 The Desire of *Self-Instruction. 1729Law Serious C. xviii. 326 Had we continued perfect, as God created the first man, perhaps the perfection of our nature had been a sufficient self-instruction for every one. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair x, What instruction is more effectual than self-instruction? 1905Athenæum 7 Jan. 21/2 To assist officers in self-instruction in tactics.
1807(title) The *Self Instructor, or Young Man's Best Companion; being an introduction to all the various branches of useful learning and knowledge. 1883(title) Ward and Lock's Self-instructor; or, Every Man his own Schoolmaster. |