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self-made
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As an adjective, self-made means having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts.
Meanings of self-made
1 meaningadjective
Having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts
“a self-made millionaire”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).