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self-made


adjective

  1. having succeeded in life unaided: He is a self-made man.
  2. made by oneself.

adjective

  1. having achieved wealth, status, etc, by one’s own efforts
  2. made by oneself

adj.1610s, “made by oneself,” from self- + made. Self-made man first recorded 1832, American English; the sense is “having attained material success in life without extraneous advantages.”

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