单词 | self-instruction |
释义 | self-instructionn. The action or practice of teaching, educating, or training oneself; self-education.As a count noun in quot. 1729: a thing which enables self-education. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [noun] > self-instruction self-instruction1683 autodidacticism1890 1683 in S. Annesley Contin. Morning-exercise Questions xxix. 928 His Self-arraignment and Discourses being finished thus, he now proceeds to Self-instruction and Encouragement. a1704 T. Brown London & Lacedemonian Oracles in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 136 The Desire of Self-Instruction. 1729 W. Law Serious Call 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. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) x. 80 What instruction is more effectual than self-instruction? 1883 Cent. Mag. Jan. 351/2 He was of a contemplative spirit, and had probably already begun that self-instruction by which he came..to read Latin and Greek. 1905 Athenæum 7 Jan. 21/2 The book is designed to assist officers in self-instruction in tactics. 1966 M. Pei How to learn Langs. 52 The grammars used primarily for classroom or self-instruction. 2011 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Sept. a8 To encourage independent thinking, Matsushita favored research projects and self-instruction over classroom teaching. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1683 |
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