Meanings
nounself-learning (uncountable)
- uncountableLearning done by oneself, without a teacher or instructor.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 自學 /自学
- 自學 /自学 (zìxué)learning done by oneself
Czech samostudium
- samostudiumlearning done by oneself
Danish selvstudium, selvstudie
- selvstudiumlearning done by oneself
- selvstudielearning done by oneself
Finnish itseopiskelu
- itseopiskelulearning done by oneself
French autoapprentissage
- autoapprentissagelearning done by oneself
German Selbststudium
- Selbststudiumlearning done by oneself
Japanese 自己学習, 独学
- 自己学習 (jiko-gakushū)learning done by oneself
- 独学 (dokugaku)learning done by oneself
Romanian autoinstruire, autoînvățare
- autoinstruirelearning done by oneself
- autoînvățarelearning done by oneself
Russian самообуче́ние
- самообуче́ние (samoobučénije)learning done by oneself
Spanish autoaprendizaje
- autoaprendizajelearning done by oneself
Ukrainian самонавча́ння
- самонавча́ння (samonavčánnja)learning done by oneself
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APA
self-learning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-learning
MLA
“self-learning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-learning. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-learning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-learning.
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