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self-education

self-education noun: the act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.

Noun

self-education (plural self-educations)

  1. The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.
    • The directors of the company encouraged this movement for self-education by granting the use of a small cottage which stood at the rear of the present building.1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149

self-education meaning in Tamil

self-education in Tamil

தற்கல்வி, தானே கற்ற கல்வி

Forms of self-education

pluralself-educations

Origin of self-education

From self- + education.

Questions about self-education

What does self-education mean?
Self-education means the act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts.
What is self-education in Tamil?
Self-education in Tamil is தற்கல்வி, தானே கற்ற கல்வி. See Self-education meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is self-education?
Self-education is a noun.
What is the plural of self-education?
The plural of self-education is self-educations.

Words near self-education in the dictionary

  1. self-edits
  2. self-educate
  3. self-educated
  4. self-educates
  5. self-educating
  6. self-education
  7. self-educations
  8. self-effacement
  9. self-effacements
  10. self-effacing
  11. self-effacingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: self-education (page history and authors); self-education (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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