self-culture
noun
self-cul·ture
ˌself-ˈkəl-chər 
: the development of one's mind or capacities through one's own efforts : self-cultivation
[Margaret] Fuller … believed that her purpose as literary editor of The New York Herald Tribune in the early 1840s was to promote reading as a form of self-culture and self-knowledge.—
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“Self-culture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-culture. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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