self-culture
English
Etymology
From
self-
+
culture
.
Noun
self
-
culture
(
uncountable
)
Culture
,
training
, or
education
of oneself without the aid of teachers.
References
Ogilvie, John.
The Imperial Dictionary of the English Language: A Complete Encyclopedic Lexicon, Literary, Scientific, and Technological
. Blackie & Son. (1884).