"self-education" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From self- + education",
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          "ref": "1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149",
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        "The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts."
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        "(education) The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts."
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      "topics": [
        "education"
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  "word": "self-education"
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        "(education) The act or process of educating oneself by one's own efforts."
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