0 Someone who is self-taught has taught himself or herself a particular skill:
Shashoua grew up as a musician and self-taught builder of electronic circuitry, gaining formal training in the army.
Most of the students appeared to be self-taught and to have discovered much for themselves.
I tried to add dancing to my catalogue of self-taught skills.
Practically all were either self-taught, or instructed informally by friends or relations.
How much of music is self-taught rather than learnt from others?
Interestingly, their sample contained a small number of self-taught musicians, 100% of whom remained musically active as adults.
A majority of the respondents, therefore, appear to be self-taught, or perhaps community-taught musicians.
None of them appealed to him; he became a "self-taught man," a surprisingly common claim among normaliens.