self-made

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having achieved success by one's own efforts, with little to no support from family members and others.
Made by oneself instead of bought or taken over.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-self-made.wav

self-made

From self- + made.

self-structured self-formed homemade homebrew homespun handmade custom-made made-to-measure made-to-order tailor-made

nepotistic cronyish

bootstrapping Horatio Algerian rags to riches

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